I've Been Waiting for You to Break Up for Ages

[Updates on April 29 may be delayed until 12:30 or 1:00 a.m., or even later. Don't wait up; check in the morning instead. Sorry!] [The blurb uses second person; the story itself is in third person.] You are a washed-up male singer. On your way home at night, you get into a car accident. Before you die, you are told that you are a character in a book, and that because you successfully exited the story according to its plot, you have earned one wish, including the chance to be reborn. Thinking of your broken family, failed career, failed romance, and how your only good friend would be left alone after your death, you choose to give the opportunity to your friend, hoping he can be with the person he loves and live happily ever after. Then you are reborn. You die and come back to life, returning to a time before so many things happened. You: “...?” With another chance at life, you promptly break up with your boyfriend, who is destined to become entangled with the story's shou, and immediately seek out your good friend to find out if your wish came true. But as soon as you meet, your good friend hugs you tightly, eyes red with tears. You: “...” You feel like something isn't quite right. Song Xu was once a male singer who became a sensation overnight. He swept the major awards as soon as he debuted, but at the peak of his fame and glory, he stopped releasing new work. After a brief run in the spotlight, time buried him. When he reappears before the audience, it's on a music program where he's invited to support a hugely popular top-tier star. The once award-winning king of the stage has become a supporting act. Just as everyone is sighing over it, the top-tier star suffers a performance mishap. Song Xu pulls off a masterful save, turning the mishap into an outstanding duet and shooting straight to the top of the trending topics. Making a comeback is a breeze. After a concert some time later, a reporter asks Song Xu why, after disappearing for several years, he decided to return to this career. The person on camera gives a faint smile and answers with complete sincerity, “I ran out of money.” He adds, “What if my good friend gets married someday? I need to save up for a big wedding gift.” Fans thank this unseen good friend for helping Song Xu find his way back, and swear they'll give a generous wedding gift when he gets married. They just never imagined that the gift they'd be giving would be for this good friend and Song Xu :) Song Xu, fought over by fans of all kinds of pairings, ultimately falls into the hands of his long-planning good friend while they're all distracted. #CanWeTrustThisGuyToBeYourFriend?Huh??# #IfYouCan'tLieInTheSameBedPlatonicallyWeDon'tUsuallyCallThatFriendship# ① One-on-one pairing with the good friend, happy ending, both are reborn, and the gong's unrequited love comes true. (I really do love this trope, what can I say x) ② There may be scenes of the shou dressing as a woman. The subject matter calls for quite a bit of on-screen comment text, which can't be avoided. The ex-boyfriend has a significant role and gets his comeuppance in the end. If any of that bothers you, choose accordingly [highlight] ③ The cover uses an authorized template and isn't unique. ④ All characters are original, with no real-life celebrities as references, so please don't associate them with any celebrities. All song titles and lyrics in the story are made up. Any resemblance is purely coincidental, so please don't draw parallels with reality. Thank you! ⑤ Happy New Year in advance! More than ten completed stories in my author column. Take a look if you're interested! Theme: What is lost and regained is cherished all the more.