Please Don't Go After the Fans

Seven years ago, a four-member band called Tonight We Give Up on the World burst onto the scene. They were all gorgeous, each with a distinct style.

They started out with no one believing in them. People mocked them as pretty faces who were just playing around. They had nothing but bar gigs and small performances. Then they amassed countless young fans, earned the praise of thousands, and became famous across the country.

Everyone thought they would keep going forever.

No one could have predicted that at the height of their fame, they would announce that their next show would be their farewell concert and disbandment.

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When Xue Xinwei takes his little niece to a music lesson, he spots a handsome man in a black sleeveless shirt through the glass door of the drum room.

The handsome man leans casually against the wall, the muscles in his arms sharply defined and veins standing out. A white bandage covers his palm as he bends slightly to speak to someone.

Xue Xinwei stands frozen in the doorway.

The music teacher understands and asks if he's a fan of Tonight We Give Up on the World.

Xue Xinwei comes to his senses and shakes his head.

"I've only heard of them, but I've been thinking about learning the drums."

He lies.

He's loved Tonight We Give Up on the World for seven years, a devoted fan who has followed them since their founding.

More precisely, he's a fan of just one person: the drummer, Yin She.

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Xue Xinwei becomes Yin She's student.

Yin She doesn't say much, and teaches him seriously. They keep a proper teacher-student distance, but Xue Xinwei really has no musical talent. Even a single stroke leaves him fumbling.

Whenever that happens, Yin She lets out a soft laugh, and Xue Xinwei's ears turn red.

The farewell concert draws closer. Xue Xinwei gets dead drunk and falls asleep on a park bench late at night.

He dreams of Yin She, clinging to his legs and crying as if his heart were breaking, pouring out how much pain he's been in lately and demanding to know why Yin She is leaving the stage...

Later, when he goes to the music school as usual, Yin She gives him a strange look. Xue Xinwei has no idea why.

Xue Xinwei thinks his desires are too strong, since he has dreamed about Yin She several times.

So he becomes even bolder, pouring out his love without restraint, from trembling kisses on the back of Yin She's hand to his neck and jaw...

It's both worship and desecration.

He hadn't planned to go to the concert that day. He sits on a bench drinking, trying to numb himself, then looks up to see Yin She standing in front of him in his performance outfit.

"Aren't you going to say goodbye to me, my fan?"

Xue Xinwei completely falls apart.

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Yin She realizes that his boyfriend's rose-colored glasses are thicker than a manhole cover.

He practically thinks of him as an ethereal immortal untouched by worldly desires.

Yin She wants him to see that he's just an ordinary person with desires.

Tip: The receiver is utterly, utterly obsessed with the giver. The whole story is told from the perspective of a shamelessly self-indulgent dream guy. It's sweet beyond belief. If it's not sweet, I'll eat dirt.

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