A Gentle Trap [Esports]

[Loud and Mouthy Online, Shy and Insecure Offline Top - Yu Ming & Gentle on the Surface, Scheming with a Taste for Mischief Beneath Bottom - Ye Wenyan]

The STR team got a new streamer. Rumor had it he was a fiery guy who never stopped running his mouth while gaming. But when the STR members saw the shy kid in a hat standing before them, they were completely stunned.

The captain looked at the person he'd invited himself. Online, Yu Ming did whatever he pleased, but in real life he was a little kid who was afraid to meet people. The captain's mischievous streak kicked in, and he was eager to take Yu Ming in hand.

Yu Ming worked up the courage to try out for STR. The trial went smoothly, and he made the team.

STR's captain was very gentle. Whenever Yu Ming met a stranger, he liked to hide behind the captain. Over time, he grew to depend on him, and his feelings gradually changed into something more.

But the people around him kept saying Ye Wenyan wasn't as simple as he seemed, and that he wasn't as gentle as he appeared. Yu Ming didn't understand, and he didn't care.

For the captain's birthday, Yu Ming gave him a necklace that concealed his little secret. The captain saw through his feelings and bluntly told him he was waiting for Yu Ming to confess.

Yu Ming inched closer to the captain, holding his hand, kissing him... But one day, he learned that the captain had only thought he was interesting and wanted to tease him.

Yu Ming cried and retreated to his room, but he couldn't bring himself to hate the captain. Watching Yu Ming avoid him left the captain troubled, too.

Ye Wenyan: Yu Ming, can you come out so we can talk?

Yu Ming: No. Captain, you're a liar.

With no other choice, Ye Wenyan coaxed him little by little. "I have some private photos of myself here. Want to see them?"

Yu Ming cracked the door open a little. "Pass them to me. You're not allowed in."

Ye Wenyan managed to coax him out, but then turned down Yu Ming's confession. "If we win the world championship, I'll be with you."

Yu Ming was unhappy, but he could only work harder.

He still didn't understand what Ye Wenyan was really like, and naively thought this was the real Ye Wenyan, until...

The world championship ended with STR taking the title. Yu Ming lay on the bed, watching Ye Wenyan, who claimed he was the bottom, take off his clothes and teach him what to do, step by step. Only then did Yu Ming understand what Ye Wenyan was really like.

[Little Extra]

Yu Ming lay on the bed, panting. "Captain, I never knew you were like this."

Ye Wenyan lay beside him and smiled as gently as ever. "What? Regretting it?"

"I regret it." Yu Ming hugged Ye Wenyan. "But you're mine, Captain, so even if I regret it, I'm not letting you go."

Hearing that, Ye Wenyan asked, "Since when did you get so possessive?"

"Just now," Yu Ming said. He'd worked so hard to win his wife over. No matter what, he couldn't let him go.

Ye Wenyan smiled, his gaze darkening as he thought, That's it. Love me a little more.

[Reading Guide]

1. I'm a new author and my writing isn't great, so please bear with me.

2. My take on esports, with lots of original details. The game is inspired by PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

3. A medium-length novella, written as practice.

Theme: Have the courage to take the first step toward the world