Fetch Up Fever

“How many times have we played house? We would have been married a hundred times over by now, so if you aren’t my honey, who is?”

Jaechan frowned as he watched Han Kang speak with such casual certainty. Exhausted by this skinship that felt like nothing more than a child’s game, Jaechan suppressed his boiling frustration.

The monster museum, the sites of former Gates. Stepping over the traces of monsters left everywhere, the Espers who made a new leap forward had suddenly become sports stars encompassing the entire world.

Among them, Han Kang, who was making a name for himself as a national representative Esper, was counted as the most popular among all existing domestic Espers. Furthermore, they said Esper combat matches had now even been adopted as an Olympic event.

Electronic billboards, television—there was nowhere he didn’t appear, and there wasn’t a single Korean person who didn’t know Han Kang. Jaechan wanted to be it, too. Han Kang’s honey.

“Jeon Jaechan likes Han Kang.”

Having stayed stuck by his side since a time he couldn’t even remember, Jeon Jaechan was in the middle of a one-sided love for Han Kang. If it was to stay by Han Kang’s side, it felt like Jaechan could become anything. And yet.

“Do you hate that I manifested as a Guide?”

In the face of the transformation that had finally begun, Han Kang’s expression hardened.

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Setting: Modern, Guideverse, Near-future Sports

Keywords: Childhood Friends, Friends to Lovers, Esper Gong, Ordinary Person > Guide Soo, Kind-only-to-Soo Gong, Capable Gong, Obsessive Gong, Guilty-Pleasure Gong, Slight Regret Gong, Pretty Soo, One-sided Love Soo, Mutual Pining, Sweet, Growth

Gong: Han Kang (Esper, S-class) A world-famous ice-attribute Esper and a national representative athlete. His pickiness is world-class, but he is equally famous for being kind only to his childhood friend. Throughout his entire life, Jaechan was the only one who was different. That is why he likely hoped Jaechan would not be a Guide.

Soo: Jeon Jaechan (Ordinary Person > Guide) The only person capable of controlling Han Kang. Jaechan secretly liked that evaluation. He wanted to remain by Han Kang’s side forever. To do that, he wanted to become his one and only Guide.

Read when you want to see: A story where a Gong who wants things to stay this way forever and a Soo who wants to take a step further both think they are giving in to each other, only to find themselves transforming from childhood friends into lovers.

Quote: 

“You’re Jeon Jaechan, and a Guide is just someone you touch bodies with.” 

“I’ll just have to keep you stuck right by my side. So that no other bastards can even look at you.”