1
I'm a Sentinel. I was killed by a dose of guide pheromone suppressants fed to me by my childhood friend, a Guide. I'd thought we'd naturally end up bonding.
As I waited to die all alone, my terminal suddenly received a matching request from my nemesis.
My nemesis was a Guide. Sending me a matching request was the perfect way to mock me.
I died cursing and swearing. I was reborn in the past.
The way I died in my previous life left me with guide pheromone panic disorder.
All fear comes from insufficient firepower. I have to bond with the strongest Guide.
My nemesis is the strongest Guide in the White Tower.
I started acting like a lovesick dog for him.
2
The reason my nemesis is my nemesis is that he has something major on me.
Sometimes I turn into the form of my spirit animal. Once, by accident, my nemesis found me and kept me as a pet bird for a few days. He even gave me a stupid little nickname.
That's right, my spirit animal is a tiny red bird that fits in the palm of your hand. Not very Sentinel-like at all.
I absolutely mustn't let my nemesis find out I'm the little red bird he once kept.
3
My lovesick-dog routine worked, and I became my nemesis's Sentinel partner. We were unstoppable, and even moved in together to grow closer.
But I know my nemesis hates me. He often looks at me with a restrained gaze, as though he's about to smash through my mental barrier at any second.
One day, my nemesis inexplicably went into heat and inexplicably dragged me into bed.
He said, "Fluffy, give me your tail feathers, okay?"
Me: ?!!
Those are the feathers I use to court a mate!
Wait, when did he find out?!
Qi Le x Shang Yang
A Sentinel top who puts on an eager, lovesick act but is actually a stoic, emotionally closed-off blockhead x a Guide bottom who seems haughty and accomplished but is actually ???
Cold sun x yellow moon
Little bird x little snake
Top's perspective, first-person narration
Theme: Hoping to control the things within one's reach
