A Misplaced Heartbeat

[The next story should get its own series: a transmigration-into-a-book ABO same-sex hate romance! If you're interested, remember to add it to your collection~ The blurb is at the end.]

Young Miss Xia's idol is Best Actress Qi.

She makes no secret of being Qi Xue's biggest fan: she draws fan art of Qi Xue, uses "Qi Xue's dog" as her Weibo profile picture, and runs around in shirts in her idol's fan colors...

Things Xia Yu does every day:

1. Check for news about Qi Xue.

2. Post gushing praise about Qi Xue.

3. Chat about Qi Xue with her online friends.

Over time, there was only one other Xue fan, a gentle, rich woman, who hadn't blocked her.

The other woman was very busy with work and couldn't reply right away. But she read every one of Xia Yu's long messages and always left at least one "Mm." in response.

That counted as "read."

Xia: Come watch this edit of our Snow Baby! She's such a good actress! What kind of event makes my goddess attend in person! No wonder my feed is so blessed today. I stumbled across a goddess! (Posts eighteen gushing messages in a row.)

Guiyun: (Three hours later) Mm. I got you an autograph at the roadshow. Remember to pick it up in a couple of days. Signed poster.jpg

Xia: Do you have any of last week's charity check-in merchandise? I'll send you a whole box, no! Just a little? I accidentally spent all my pocket money... Puppy crying.jpg

Guiyun: (The next morning) I already have a set. Tell me if you don't have enough money to eat. Selfie with face out of frame.jpg

Xia Yu guiltily put her phone away, not noticing the corner of a script visible in the background of the selfie.

Until one day...

After attending an event, Xia Yu found someone she never would have dreamed of meeting in the hotel corridor.

The lights were dim, and crimson carpets stretched in both directions. Qi Xue stood in the middle of the corridor, her dark hair fanned out like seaweed. She glanced at Xia Yu with phoenix eyes and unhesitatingly fell into her arms.

"Hold me tight..." The faint smell of alcohol, mingled with a sweet fragrance, enveloped Xia Yu, who had gone stiff from head to toe.

She had no time to wonder what that soft thing brushing past her ear had been.

Guiyun: And then?

Xia: Of course I pushed her away as fast as I could!

Xia: An idol is an idol! How could an idol become my wife!

Xia: By the way, Sis, didn't you say we'd go out together once things calmed down? I'm free whenever! Puppy holding a rose.jpg

"..." Qi Xue set down her phone and sighed softly.

She'd spent so long guiding this girl toward figuring it out. How had she somehow... guided her in the wrong direction?

Gentle, flirtatious actress x sweet, wealthy fan

Please note:

1. A short, sweet story about two people's first love.

2. Modern alternate universe, where same-sex marriage is legal.

3. There is a side couple, but they don't get much page time.

2024.6.2

After Faking Her Death, Did the Obsessive O Go Mad?

Lu Yao works for a small newspaper in a remote, lawless region.

She makes a living writing gossip stories whose truthfulness everyone knows, while the sensational topics delight the public.

Naturally, her subjects are all important figures, such as... Alliance Commander Idis.

On the thin sheet of paper in her hand, the powerful Omega is shown only in profile, looking as if she'd seen something amusing. A rare hint of a smile touches her face.

Even the scattered ink from the cheap printer can't hide her imposing presence. Lu Yao sighs and pushes open the newspaper office door.

Not a single colleague is in sight. People in black military uniforms stand silently on either side.

Seated in the editor-in-chief's chair at the center is a tall figure. Her face, even more intimidating than in the photograph, is expressionless.

A thin gold chain connects one end to her monocle, and the other to the ribbon tying back the hair by her ear.

Black-gloved fingers brush along the edge of the page, coming to rest on the sensational headline, exaggerated to grab readers' attention.

...It's over.

In just a few seconds, Lu Yao had already decided what flowers she wanted on her grave.

The young commander, beautiful but ruthless, tosses aside the newspaper, walks over, removes her glove, and takes Lu Yao's face in her hand.

She's so close. Lu Yao can clearly see her own shocked expression reflected in the commander's pupils.

"It's been a long time." Her breath is a little cooler than most people's, but a repressed laugh colors the end of her words. "So you care about me this much..."

"My... master."

After losing the woman she loved in a great fire, Idis had always regretted not saying those words sooner.

She never expected that the other woman would pull that fake-death stunt on her.

"We're very much in love." After capturing her, Idis said in front of her colleagues, "During the time we were apart, she checked the legion's casualty lists every month and went around asking whether I was the one who'd died."

Lu Yao: Please stop talking...

Transmigrated-into-a-book sunshine Alpha x obsessive, dark beauty Omega

Keywords: master and servant, chasing his wife, faking death

Theme: Love life, work hard at your career, and pursue your dreams!