Rival Esports Team Recruiting

The 5v5 MOBA game "Spirit Contract" has launched to great fanfare.

Genius marksman Luna Lu Xuezhou is the younger brother of mage Sol Bai Xiao. At Lu Xuezhou's debut, he scored a pentakill and became a legend, and Galaxy swept to the national championship.

Then a ban came down: players had to be at least eighteen. A version update weakened mage carries. Lu Xuezhou was benched to manage the team's water cooler, and the Galaxy battleship was sent crashing down by the new team Supernova.

Supernova's jungle carry, Sirius Xie Xuanxing, also had the title of genius, and was every squishy's worst nightmare. During matches, the substitute marksman would get killed just for looking at him. In a post-match interview, he taunted them: "What harmony of sun and moon? Your team only has one player who can fight, Sol."

The interviewer kept stirring things up. "What do you think of Luna's past performances?"

Xie Xuanxing: "Him? He plays so obediently."

Lu Xuezhou: ...

The troublemakers: Fight, fight!

The whole world was looking forward to the rivalry between Galaxy and Supernova once Lu Xuezhou turned eighteen.

--But before his eighteenth birthday came the news that Supernova had bought Lu Xuezhou for a fortune.

Lu Xuezhou was dragged through the mud on Miaopu for the entire transfer season. Some said he'd betrayed his teammates. Others said the upstart team was buying him to keep him off the field, and he foolishly thought he'd landed on a high branch.

Fans wailed in his livestream chat: Moon God, don't join your rival's team! He won't treat you well! Does Xie Xuanxing have something on you or what?!

With five seconds left on the draft screen, Lu Xuezhou still hadn't picked a hero. The fans could only hear indistinct noise from the stream. Before they could make it out, Lu Xuezhou muted his mic.

Fans: ?

Off-screen, Xie Xuanxing grabbed the mouse and held it over the unmute button.

"What do I have on you, hmm?" His hot breath brushed Lu Xuezhou's ear. "Want me to tell them?"

Lu Xuezhou breathed lightly. "...Stop fooling around."

Xie Xuanxing leaned closer, wrapped a hand around that narrow waist, and pressed Lu Xuezhou back into the gaming chair.

"If you want me to keep quiet, shouldn't you... shut me up with your actions, Moon God?"

#BossyRivalsWithSecretFeelings#

#RivalsMeansRivalsWhoShareABed#

#XieXuanxing: Being someone else's third wheel is shameless, being your friend's third wheel just don't get caught, but being your own third wheel is a love story for the ages#

[Reader's Guide]

1. The game in this story is inspired by real games, but none of the characters are based on real people.

2. The author is an old-school esports fan who suddenly wanted a taste and decided to cook it up themselves. All sorts of details in the story are there to set up the romance.

3. The brothers are unrelated by blood. Their storyline is familial, not romantic, though there are some scenes resembling a love triangle, because the author is simply that kind of shameless romance fan.

Saved on 2025.10.03

Theme: You people who play games and fall in love while doing it, are you even taking the game seriously?