A Survival Guide for Campus Bands

Lock is a famous rage-baiting creator in the music section. He likes rock, favors black, and the photos he takes are either of internet cafes or ripped jeans.

His fans joke, "If you run into someone like Lock online, he calls me Mimi. If you run into him in real life, give him a three-meter berth."

But no one knows that Lock, who seems like a good-for-nothing and a total menace, is actually a top student offline.

Xu Suoyi has had incredible luck with exams ever since he was little. He just barely got into a municipal key middle school for junior high, then just barely made it into a provincial key high school.

In his first year, he joined a regular class. Some people kept him company, and others helped him study.

He was happy, playing to his heart's content and studying just as hard.

Unfortunately, he studied a little too hard and, without realizing it, just barely got himself into the accelerated class.

Oh, no.

Xu Suoyi had a bad feeling. Who would keep him company now?

*

Xie Tuo is a top student in the key class at a provincial key school. He seems aloof and taciturn, and is obsessed with studying, but in private he plays both guitar and bass.

Online, he is a moderately popular music creator called Toy.

A smart person knows what matters most. With his academic workload getting heavier, he decided to put his hobbies aside and focus entirely on studying.

Then, on the very first day of school, Xu Suoyi, who had no idea who he was, taunted him to his face: "Toy? He's just okay. He's aloof and barely posts. He hasn't updated in two months, so why should I be his fan?"

"Why not spend that time being a fan of Lock instead?"

Lock?

Xie Tuo knew of him. He was also a high school creator, with a temper completely opposite to Xie Tuo's. According to his fans, he was a fiery little cat.

Xie Tuo didn't like emotionally volatile people, so even though their fanbases overlapped considerably, the two had never interacted.

Unfazed by the provocation, he shot back with a cool smirk: "I like people who are emotionally stable. If you follow Lock, there's a chance he'll roast you. Just thinking about it scares me."

**

Later, when Xie Tuo confessed to him, Xu Suoyi nodded perfunctorily. "Mm-hmm, you like people who are emotionally stable."

Xie Tuo: "...I like bad-tempered people now."

"Following Lock means risking getting roasted."

"Roast me all you want. I love it."

"Just thinking about it scares you."

"..."

Xie Tuo took his hand and placed it against his own chest. "When I think about it, my heart races."

Bro, you've been keeping this spicy side of yourself from us · seme (Xie Tuo)

How come this menace calls you Mimi? · uke (Xu Suoyi)

*Both protagonists are the type to play hard when they're having fun and study hard when they're studying.

*I want to write a story that gives equal weight to fun and studying, but I can't promise it'll turn out that way (If I can't resist urging people to study, sorry in advance.)

Blurb written March 2025

Theme: Treasure your time and study hard!!