Who Are You Calling a Teacher, You Otaku?

[Traditional Chinese edition signed] [Completed, 70% protected against piracy, exclusive to Jinjiang. May all the angels who support the official edition make a fortune every day and be blessed with endless wealth] [A math homeroom teacher who seems ordinary but is a second-dimensional crafts master and loves handsome faces x a Chinese teacher who seems ordinary but is a second-dimensional cosplay star and a flirt at home] [Coming soon in the audio drama category: The Whole Internet Ships Me with My Ex. Blurb at the very bottom~] Tao Yuqing is a promising young math teacher at No. 1 High School. In class, he is gentle, polite, modest, and dependable. After class, he’s a huge pretty-face enthusiast and a master craftsman hailed as a “second-dimensional sorcerer.” Tao Yuqing is a renowned all-around expert in the second-dimensional scene, with a queue of people asking him to make props and do post-production stretching all the way into next year. He makes an exception for just one cosplayer, because the guy’s looks hit all his buttons. Known by the handle “Liyu,” the cosplayer has a million followers, and his good looks speak for themselves. Then a new teacher joins the school, and his features bear a striking resemblance to Liyu. Tao Yuqing: I’ll take one for the pairing. Then he discovers that once his new colleague takes off his glasses, he looks exactly like that famous cosplayer?! Tao Yuqing: Holy shit? My ship is real. Jian Li is one of the teachers with the worst reputation among students. He’s extremely handsome, with a face that remains easy on the eyes even behind glasses. But he’s so strict that, when he puts on a cold face, he’s just like the dean of discipline. When he loses his temper, he’s even scarier than a homeroom teacher. In private, though, he’s a natural-born beauty with a million followers and a warm, popular personality. Jian Li has always wanted to meet his go-to crafts genius, known by the handle “Fuguang,” but he’s never had the chance. Fuguang is so mysterious that no one knows anything about him except that he has a pair of exceptionally skilled hands. Until one day, Jian Li spots his fellow teacher urgently working on a prop in the staff room. Isn’t that prop for him?? Anonymous post: What should I do? I skipped tutoring and ran into my teacher at a comic convention. Reply: Did your teacher recognize you? Anonymous post: No, I recognized my teachers, and they’re cosplaying a couple!! Reply: Why are you just standing there? Start shipping them! Ten minutes later, an update. Anonymous post: Who came up with that terrible idea? I couldn’t ship them at all. Both my teachers caught me, and while they were signing autographs, I was doing my homework right on their signing table!! Reader advisory: Focuses on the push and pull between the top and bottom’s public personas, their teacher-colleague dynamic with a touch of ensemble cast, emotional healing, same-sex marriage, and some second-dimensional elements and terminology. The bottom is naturally gifted at support, a true all-around genius behind the scenes, and so gentle that he’s become many people’s white moonlight. Not sure if that counts as being a magnet for admirers. The bottom is genuinely smitten with the top, and gets flustered and tongue-tied around him early on. The top is a flirt at home. He’s proper and serious with others, but pulls out all the stops for the bottom. A clingy, love-struck type. A sweet little story set in an idealized school, with no concern for logic. Both leads are teachers. If you can’t accept teachers dating and cosplaying, please don’t read. Please don’t project this onto real life. Disclaimer: The story is not based on any real person. Any coincidental names or similarities are purely accidental. If you’re checking for plagiarism, please use a comparison chart. Don’t derail the discussion, don’t give unsolicited writing advice, and don’t come back to announce that you’ve dropped the story. Extreme fans of either the top or bottom are politely declined. Amateur writing ahead. Please read civilly and help create a positive writing and reading environment. Coming soon: Tsundere bottom who thinks he’s fierce x a gorgeous, self-aware, shamelessly flirtatious top who fights to win Kan Sheng, a top-tier star voice actor in the Chinese audio drama scene, went viral in an absurd way: a shipping entry written by one of his friends about him and another voice actor trended, and he was the bottom! The top in the ship was Chen Jinshi, a rising new voice actor in the scene. With a beautiful face and a beautiful voice that perfectly matched, he gained countless fans overnight. Kan Sheng wasn’t having it. He messaged his friend: Why am I the bottom when you compare me with him? His friend: Don’t you think it’s sacred? Kan Sheng: ? - Kan Sheng brooded over it and remained indignant, so he marched over to his friend’s place to demand an explanation. But the person who opened the door wasn’t his friend. The smell of noodles cooking drifted from inside. A handsome, fair-skinned man in an apron leaned against the door and looked up at him. “What is it?” Kan Sheng froze. Kan Sheng never dared ask about the shipping fanfic again: Because the person his friend had paired him with was his friend’s older brother. …And the ex-boyfriend he’d had an ugly breakup with five years ago. - The “Jinsheng Jinshi” ship exploded in popularity across the internet, its numbers soaring until even their company joined in to promote it. Kan Sheng guessed that Chen Jinshi must be very unhappy about being tied to this ship. After all, even though they’d broken up decisively, the reason had been awful. Who would have thought that Chen Jinshi would pin a post at the top of his Weibo: [The best voice in the world @Kan Sheng] Kan Sheng: ? During a group voice call, Chen Jinshi said in a voice that could melt anyone, “Thanks, A Sheng, for pulling me into the call.” Kan Sheng: ?? When a new drama needed someone, Chen Jinshi enthusiastically recommended him. “It feels natural for us to play a couple” was leaked, and became an essential quote in their ship’s fan forum. Kan Sheng: ??? - Kan Sheng kept insisting Chen Jinshi was just professionally promoting their ship, until, while recording a kissing scene, the man grabbed his wrist and pressed him down for a long kiss. He kissed Kan Sheng senseless, then used that face to sway the troops with practiced ease. Chen Jinshi scooped him up by his long legs and settled him in his lap, claiming it would help him get into character. “Shh, Shengsheng. We’re recording.” Kan Sheng immediately clenched his teeth, his back shivering. In the script, Chen Jinshi’s character was begging his lover not to break up with him. Kan Sheng was flushed through and through, physically and emotionally, and trembled with his face buried against Chen Jinshi’s shoulder. Chen Jinshi tossed the script back onto the table and hit pause. His voice dropped, sounding both seductive and aggrieved, though his grip didn’t loosen at all: “Please don’t break up with me, Kan Sheng. I’m begging you. I really miss you.” Theme: Plant flowers, and love being the sunshine