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  1. Public Bookmark 99

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    Society could never know how much Trust value affected the everyday life of their heroes, Smile could understand how disastrous that would be.

    No, he wouldn’t change society’s ignorance, but he would have liked for the Hero Agencies to give a warning to the new rising heroes, who still were at the start of their career, to be very, very careful with how they branded themselves. Smile still flinched every time he thought about Firm-man’s side effects for too long.

    Aka: The young hero was starting to struggle, considering the way Nice clung to Smile’s forearm like he wanted nothing more than to pull him into a hug and hide from the world at large. Considering his brand had him presented as the ‘perfect hero’, Smile wasn’t too surprised. He didn’t want to even imagine the kind of pressure that was placed on those young shoulders.

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    07 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 47

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    As a streamer, Cheng Xiaoshi has to play video games for an income. How fun! What's the downside of that? Nothing, other than he spends a lot of his free time still playing video games. Does he ever have any time to meet anyone? Other than through the game, Cheng Xiaoshi has never thought about a romantic relationship in his life. But when he queues up and plays duos with one mysterious guangunknown, he begins to feel like a deeper connection can be made.

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    07 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 56

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    Despite being his best friend, roommate, and business partner, there was surprisingly little that Cheng Xiaoshi really knew about Lu Guang.

    His roommate rarely shared anything about his past life. In fact, to-date, all that Cheng Xiaoshi had been able to pry out of him was that he was:

    1. An only child
    2. Allergic to bananas

    Cheng Xiaoshi was still unsure if that second one was an actual allergy, or just one of those things Lu Guang said because he didn’t enjoy the fruit's texture.

    He was unsure about a lot of things about Lu Guang. It frustrated him.

    The younger boy was decidedly a closed book. Conversations about their childhoods always circled back to Cheng Xiaoshi, so did ones about their parents, friends, and dating lives before they met each other. Cheng Xiaoshi had been able to shrug it off before, but the longer they knew each other the more it felt like Lu Guang was keeping secrets.

    He seemed particularly nervous about the topic of romance.

    Or:

    Cheng Xiaoshi decides to pry. Why would his best friend be keeping secrets? Would he ever be ready to share?

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    07 Dec 2025

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    This couldn't be happening. This had to be some horrible hallucination induced by the myriad of drugs forced into his system before the round. This wasn't real. No, please God, don't let this be real.

    Till squeezed his eyes shut and took a stuttering breath. Silence. Eerie silence.

    Why was it so quiet? Why had no sentinels come to put Till's collar back on and drag him away? Why was Ivan's lifeless body still here and not tossed in a pile somewhere with all the others who had been executed for the aliens' entertainment?

    That had to mean this wasn't real, right?

    But, Till could still feel the phantom of fingers around his throat, the ghost of desperate lips against his own, and when he opened his eyes again, he still saw pure white stained with crimson red, the sacred corrupted.

     

    Ivan and Till are rescued after their round. Till must navigate the confusing feelings he's faced with in the aftermath.

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    07 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 21

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    He thinks that being straight forward is probably the best way to go about it, but there’s still a delicacy to presenting the implications that he tries to maintain. He scrambles for a minute to try and figure out what way to word it and instead he just ends up hedging around the bush. “Do you understand what we just agreed to?”

    “Yeah?” Cheng Xiaoshi looks more confused. He scrutinizes Lu Guang's expression for some sort of clue. “We’re going to a wedding and we’re doing an easy dive to help give a sentimental gift.”

    “We’re going to a wedding as partners.” Lu Guang says, trying to put enough emphasis on the word that it clicks in Cheng Xiaoshi’s head.

    It doesn’t. “…Yeah.”

    Lu Guang scrubs a hand over his face for a moment, wishing for more strength than he has as he finally says, “Romantic partners.”

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    the fake dating au that nobody asked me for!

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    07 Dec 2025