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Zhang Hao started shipping his own ship. As absurd as it sounds.
It all started on this one morning he had absolutely nothing to do, lying on his dorm bed scrolling through the school forum. He wasn't surprised at all to see the posts floating around the front page were almost all about to him -
BP University Forum > Gossip Column
[Informative Thread] Zhang Hao sunbae (Music Education): The ONE person you NEED to know from our school
[Gossip Zone] So is Zhang Hao sunbae single or?
[Breaking News: I AM SCREAMING] ADHSJKHFJK I SAW ZHANG HAO SUNBAE AT THE CAFETERIA TODAY HE IS ABSOLUTELY ETHEREAL IN 3D SHAHFSJHDIUHIBNAIU
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Zhang Hao kept scrolling down on the forum, nothing new, just the usual “Zhang Hao fanclub daily feeds”, until this one post with an eye-opening title grabbed his undivided attention ––
[Headcanon] Am I the only one that finds Zhang Hao sunbae from Music and Sung Hanbin sunbae from Dance SO SHIPPABLE?!
Zhang Hao's swiping finger quivered ever so slightly.
Sung Hanbin ...... Who is Sung Hanbin?
Curiosity drove him to click into it and opened a whole new world in front of him.
#1 (Post owner): For my dear old friends in this forum I believe that these two don’t need yet another introduction, without further ado lets dive right into this ship:
Ball of sunshine doggo junior × Ascetic stone-cold fox senior
Zhang Hao sunbae is like someone from your Chinese Xianxia (immortal deities and heroes) novels, one of those graceful Celestial Immortals that doesn’t even need to take a shit and subsist on drinking dew and stuff
Hanbin sunbae on the other hand is your classic Shonen manga protagonist adventurer whose existence radiates like the sun, someone who loves everyone and loves life with his big heart, always trying to unlock any new tasks and experiences especially going on foodie tours
So picture this –– Hanbin sunbae taking Zhang Hao sunbae out to the night market, venturing through all those colorful food vendors, holding hands while they pass through the gurgling hot steam of malatang and oden and teokbokki, giving that distant heavenly deity a taste of the earthly wonders and earthly love~
#2: Ok I totally get where this is coming from OP YOU GOT TASTE
#3: Omggggg never thought about them this way but now I ship them so hard?? Any ff writers out there willing to feed a baby shipper?? 🥺
#4 (Post owner): And and and and!! The contrast in their physiques is also what makes them so ship-worthy!! Zhang Hao sunbae has that slender and graceful image, meanwhile who else in our school has a more Dom (Seme)- like physique than Hanbin sunbae with those killer double-door fridge shoulders?
#5: Objection!!! Kim Jiwoong sunbae is the NO.1 Dom of our school!!
#6 (Post owner): Objection denied! Kim Jiwoong sunbae just graduated, he’s officially kicked out of this year’s candidate list
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The post started trending with all the shippers swarming in, whilst the expression on Zhang Hao's face changed from 😳 to 😨 and gradually to 😱
Why did he feel like he was being gradually, gradually persuaded, brainwashed, and even lead onto this ship?
Everything was just so graphic, almost as if ...... through these illusory, purely fictional and rather outrageous words, he went out with someone he had never met before, and the two of them shared a date across the misty air.
But!!! Excuse me!!! Excuse me for a second!!!
Why am I the default bottom in this ship??? WHY CAN’T I BE THE TOP FOR ONCE?????
Zhang Hao was not having it.
Zhang Hao decided to redeem himself.
Zhang Hao started prepping for an online counterattack back to the “top”.
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Yes indeed.
Zhang Hao started shipping his own ship with Sung Hanbin.
To the point that he created a burner account in the school forum and whipped up quite a few Haobin fanfics.
The cheesier, cringier the trope the better.
Be it “The Flirtatious School Hunk's Innocent Little Lover Boy" ––
Be it “The Yandere Boss’ Guide to Taming his Faithful Hound Husband” ––
Be it "Reincarnation Romance: My Arch-Enemy’s Pheromones are So Damn Sweet” ––
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Zhang Hao, with his own bare hands (and keyboard), got the entire school aboard his ship with Sung Hanbin.
Even got himself on the wall of fame of the forum –– perhaps even wall of shame –– for having all his posts taken down and his account suspended.
From then on, yet another legend birthed from BP University.
The tales of “the legendary Burner who sacrificed their digital persona for the cause of Binhao's love, burning themself like a candle to keep the everlasting Binhao flame alight” will be passed down from generation to generation.
"AND WHY IN THE NAME OF KIM SHINYOUNG’S PANTS IS IT –– STILL –– BINHAO!!!!!"
Zhang Hao could not help but start spitting venom at his screen. Having his posts deleted and his account suspended were nothing but –– I put my heart and soul into writing these Haobin fics and at the end of the day I’M STILL THE BOTTOM??
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Zhang Hao felt that all odds must have been against him since the fanfic shenanigans.
Otherwise, how else would he explain running into THE Sung Hanbin himself?
Yes, he ships his own ship, but that doesn’t mean that he’d want to get exposed in front of the other half of his ship!?
Zhang Hao recently thought of finding a part-time job at a cafe that suits his taste for some extra cash and barista vibes. His friends started teasing him about how he lives as though he has 48 hours per day instead of 24.
"Major mandatory courses, managing club work, prepping for club activities, practicing for recital competitions, on top of that you play violin at every wedding out there ......" Ricky was counted with his fingers all the things that Zhang Hao got himself into, and couldn't help but give him two big thumbs up. "Kewl, super kewl, everyone being already occupied with like one thing, and you’re living like you’ve either got a clone or that time turner thing from Harry Potter."
On the other hand, Zhang Hao himself felt that it was totally manageable.
In fact, he has only one cardinal rule for life, and that is...
"If you're interested in it, just do it."
Just like when he was writing his own fanfics in his spare time, he did it for the sole reason of it capturing his interest. Typing up a few paragraphs of brainless fanfic he found was actually quite the stress-reliever.
Except that he never expected this while walking into the cafe......
Sung Hanbin in his barista apron was standing behind the cashier table, with a warm welcoming smile he asked: "Annyeonghaseyo, what can I get for you today?"
Zhang Hao was brain-fried right on the spot, though this one song just kept on playing in his head --
IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL?? IT'S A SMALL, SMALL, WORLD??????????
Although still in shock, Zhang Hao recovered that straight face soon enough.
No big deal, you merely ran into your ship-mate you’ve never met before, no, big, deal.
Adults, of course, have to maintain that adult-like decency and composure, even if it’s in front of the other half of your ship.
"Good day, my name is Zhang Hao, I'm here for my scheduled part-time job interview, pleased to be of your acquaintance."
The End of <Zhang Hao POV> 🙊