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    Jing Yuan kneels behind him, supporting his head and shoulders while stroking his hair with unsteady hands. That hair has turned silver-gray at the tips, and the color—or lack of it—is spreading. That’s the detail that will remain, the single, foolish thing that makes it set in: Blade is dying, and his hair is turning white. Dan Heng draws in a breath. The man who pursued him across countless star systems, whose life he ended too many times to count, is finally dying.

    If he’s being honest with himself, he doesn’t know how to feel about it.

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    At the end of a lead actor’s role, Elio makes good on his promise. But nobody leaves the stage without dragging old bonds with them.

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    Phainon is an actor at Okhema’s tiny community theater. Mydei wants to help him find a bigger stage to shine on.

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    ”I thought—“ Mydeimos faltered. “I thought the songs were about somebody else. I though—“

    “What, Hephaestion?” Phainon snapped. “You think I wrote a whole album about watching the guy you’re dating?”

    Mydeimos blinked. What.

    “What are you talking about? I’m not—I’m not dating Hephaestion.

    Phainon’s mouth dropped open. He blinked, anger dissipating into incredulous disbelief. “You’re not?”

    ”No,” Mydeimos said, too loudly, too quickly. “Where did you even get that idea?”

     

    Or: Two solo albums and a world tour later, Mydeimos finds himself forced to sing love songs written by the love of his life, about somebody else.

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    In an advanced society where the powerful can buy anything, the most sought-after form of entertainment is a form of cage fighting, only the participants are almost never willing and each fighter is owned by someone rich who earns money off of their victories. Jing Yuan has never particularly been interested in the violence, but one day, by chance, he comes across a fighter with red, red eyes.
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    Jing Yuan is a powerful figure in an underground state where money can achieve everything. If money could make one a God? Jing Yuan was as close to God as could be.
    Blade is an underground fighter owned by another. He is property with no possessions, no rights, not even a proper name. His worth is decided by his victories in a caged fighting ring where two steps in and one leaves alive.
    Jing Yuan realises that he does not own everything he wants, just yet.

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    24 Jan 2025

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    Another few minutes tick by slowly before Dan Heng finally says, “so, what is it that you want to tell me?”

     

    Ren immediately snaps out of his silent admiration. He clears his throat, praying that his cheeks aren’t as red as they feel.

     

    His roommate looks at him expectantly, and he hastily lets out, “how did you know I wanted to tell you something?”

     

    Dan Heng raises a brow. “I’ve known you for five years and lived with you for three,” he says. “Plenty of time for me to learn that you only ever bother to both cook dinner and tidy up after the cats when there’s something you want from me. Not to mention that the dishes you have cooked are ones I favour. And seeing as we don’t have any literature assignments coming up, I can only assume it has nothing to do with uni and is instead about our personal life.”

     

    Ren winces at the bluntness of his words. “Well,” he begins, not looking Dan Heng in the eye. His roommate tilts his head curiously. “I was wondering if it was alright if my niece comes over to stay with us for a bit.”

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    Or, Ren and Dan Heng babysit Yunli while pining in secret for the other

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