An Mi is a university instructor: gentle and refined, with crippling social anxiety. His colleagues think he's aloof.
He can't help it. An Mi blushes whenever he has to socialize, so he wears a mask and has become the students' favorite easy-credit elective teacher, the one who doesn't care about attendance.
He also has a secret: he's the famous voice actor You He, known for voicing the bottom in male-male romance dramas.
If his colleagues and students found out about this mortifying secret, he'd really want to die!
Then one day, he gets a business offer to attend an in-person signing at an anime convention. The organizers announce it ahead of time, and his fans go wild with excitement at the prospect of finally meeting him.
An Mi puts on his mask and slowly buries his head under the covers. Save me, save me, save me...
On the day of the event, An Mi is fully kitted out. He wishes he could wear three masks, and if he could wear a blindfold too, that would be even better.
Looking at the huge line of fans, An Mi thinks: Professional... professionalism.
Letting fans get close, hold his hand, ask for autographs and photos, and request birthday greetings is all part of the job!
But the next second, An Mi's enthusiasm fizzles.
Wait, why does the next fan in line look so familiar? Isn't that his student, Qin Ze?
They stare at each other in silence. Qin Ze hands over his convention merchandise, cool as a cucumber, and says, "Teacher Chu He, could you record a good-luck message for my sister's college entrance exams?"
An Mi: Oh, good thing he isn't my fan.
After the recording, Qin Ze suddenly holds out his hand, frowning. "Teacher, shake my hand. I'll tell my sister you did."
An Mi: "..."
As he pulls his hand back, his hat slips off by accident. Now that his disguise is gone, An Mi locks eyes with Qin Ze again. Oh no.
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Qin Ze is a first-year fashion design student, cool and arrogant. He was forced into the major to follow in his mother's footsteps, and resents it fiercely, especially since male fashion design students have a reputation for all being gay.
He's not. He's completely straight.
But his little sister is obsessed with BL novels, shipping couples, and audio dramas, and has all the usual otaku interests. One day, she begs him to go to the convention and meet her beloved bottom voice actor, You He, promising to give him all her New Year's money.
His sister has at least a hundred thousand in New Year's money. With all the cash for his sister's otaku hobby on the line, Qin Ze agrees in an instant.
But now, sitting across from him, the voice actor Chu He, with flushed cheeks and a voice as gentle as water, turns out to be his university instructor!
The teacher who uses a laser pointer to navigate his slides, records his lectures, never calls on students or assigns homework, and keeps himself completely covered up: An Mi!
Interesting.
After that, Qin Ze becomes more enthusiastic about attending An Mi's easy-credit class than anyone else. He arrives early, leaves last, and even asks to add the teacher on WeChat so they can discuss academics, career prospects, and earning credits.
An Mi: ...Damn it!
So much for being a cold, homophobic straight guy. So much for discussing academics and career prospects. He just pins An Mi down to listen to him pant, forces him into roleplay, dresses him in all kinds of weird clothes and skirts, and uses him as a fashion design model. He's a... a total pervert!
Theme: Have the courage to challenge yourself and experience life.