QT: Don't fall in love with the Male Lead

Chapter 157: Don't be exposed [+16]

tw: sexting

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The stupid challenge goes on for the rest of the week, but Xi Zirui and Han Yu try not to make use of the pocket realm again, since they only have three more uses left. Personally, Xi Zirui wants to save it for when the competition gets too much and he just needs a place to wind down with Han Yu in peace. 

They find a cellphone stuck between two couch cushions which Xi Zirui immediately gives to Han Yu, taking every opportunity he has to message him via WeChat using the holo screen.

[Not an Idol: Shen Yun is going to drive me crazy]

Han Yu answers him almost immediately.

[Shizunfucker: What did he do? Do you want me to dip his toothbrush in the toilet bowl?]

The mental imagine alone makes Xi Zirui have to muffle a laugh under the covers of his bunk. Hoping none of the other trainees can hear him.

[Not an Idol: Not yet, but he's doing vocal training, and I can't sleep with him yapping like a goat, so I might take you up on it eventually.]

[Shizunfucker: He'll be sure to get strep throat if I go ahead with my plan. he won't be able to sing  doge.jpg]

[Not an Idol: That's a solid argument, ngl]

[Shizunfucker: Do you know what else is solid? smirk.jpg]

Han Yu doesn't wait for a reply before sending him a photo of the outline of his hard cock in his pajamas. Followed by another one of the red, wet head peeking over the waistband of his boxers.

It's such a juvenile thing to do, but it still makes Xi Zirui's pulse pick up. 

[Not and Idol: I don't see anything, what are you trying to show me?]

His thirsty doesn't mean he can't be an asshole, though. 

Han Yu doesn't need his ego stroked along with his cock, Xi Zirui does enough of the latter as it is. 

He is slightly regretful that they can't be together so that he can feel Han Yu push his hard cock into the curve of his ass, in a not at all subtle request for sex. Han Yu is effortlessly seductive, especially when he acts a little desperate, so horny for Xi Zirui that it makes him dumb.

Too cute.

[Shizunfucker: :( :( :( it loves you, how can you hurt its feelings like that?]

[Not an Idol: Are you talking about your cock???]

[Shizunfucker: So you did see it :D]

[Not an Idol: after using the zoom, yes]

[Shizunfucker: >8(]

[Shizunfucker: Funny, considering you love begging me to pound you roughly with my monster cock]

[Not an Idol: I don't recall using those words.]

[Shizunfucker: You're right, your exact words were: 'wreak my slutty little hole with your gigantic throbbing cock']

[Shizunfucker: 'Cum buckets inside this sloppy hole and knock me up']

Xi Zirui feels heat course up his limbs, his boxers growing suddenly tighter. What is wrong with him that Han Yu's stupid texts alone can get him this horny?

[Shizunfucker: Are you jerking off? Did my dirty talk make gege wet?]

A little guiltily, Xi Zirui replies.

[Not an Idol: ...No]

He gets an attachment and text in quick succession. 

[Shizunfucker: I am]

Xi Zirui opens the photo one handed, the fingers of his other hand sliding under the waistband of his boxers.

The photo shows Han Yu's cock once again, almost purple with how hard it is, drops of milky fluid beading up the tip as Han Yu's fingernail digs into the slit.

It makes Xi Zirui's mouth water. He has to bite down on his tongue to suppress a moan, mortified that anyone else will be able to tell what's going on.

[Shizunfucker: I'm fucking my fist and pretending it's your tight hole, but it can't compare.]

[Shizunfucker: I wish you were here <3 <3 <3]

Xi Zirui has to marvel at Han Yu's thick face, he really does. 

[Shizunfucker: Tell me you're jerking off too]

His fingers tighten around his straining cock, and he replies to Han Yu one-handed.

[Not an Idol: I am. Sorry I can't send you pictures]

[Shizunfucker: That's okay, I'm imagining your pretty face covered in my cum]

[Not an Idol: and I'm imagining yours]

[Shizunfucker: So romantic, we're meant to be <3 kiss.jpg]

As he comes with muffled gasp onto his pillow, Xi Zirui can't help but agree.

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The days speed by, and before Xi Zirui knows it, three months have gone by and the final is upon them.

He feels like he's on autopilot, most days. He's able to talk with Han Yu more frequently, after the stupid 'not contact' challenge week is over, although they remain in different teams.

They visit the pocket realm two more times, when sexting doesn't cut it, and only skin on skin contact will slake their hunger.

After that, Xi Zirui becomes paranoid that they'll use up the last time and then regret it later.

So he saves it, "for a rainy day".

They remain on the show exclusively due to the popularity of their CP as well as the popularity of Jin Ranyu and Xi Zirui. Which often leads to massive fanwars online, and huge voting campaigns.

Jin Ranyu's CP with Cao Fei is smaller but gaining traction now that most people are convinced that Xi Zirui returns Han Yu's feelings.

There is an entire storyline online about how Han Yu was a fan of Xi Zirui and only joined the show for a chance of meeting him and confessing his feelings.

With Jin Ranyu people waver between it being a case of CP baiting on both their parts that got real all of a sudden for Jin Ranyu while Xi Zirui keeps his distance.

Cao Fei on the other hand, everyone agrees is just in love with Jin Ranyu because he's so handsome and cool.

It's ironic that even with both of them getting mismatched memories back, this perception doesn't change.

For his part, Xi Zirui is more worried that between the four of them, no one has managed to unearth any useful information about their original lives or how to break out of the Transmigrator 4000's cycle.

It's with the show drawing to a close, and bets flying everywhere about the possible final lineup, that something weird happens.

[Gege collector: Have the sisters seen this?]

Under the post is a series of photos of Xi Zirui and Han Yu entering the communal bathroom and then leaving it, making it obvious that their clothes and hair are in a state of disarray. To say nothing of the stupid smiles plastered on their faces.

There are no timestamps on the photos, so it's impossible to tell how much time they spent inside.

[Purple Daffodil: Holy shit!!! Is this what I think it is!!! How bold, how bold, I bow down to their shamelessness. I am not worthy, I am not worthy.]

[Just feelings: I refuse to believe what the photos imply. No one would be insane enough to have sex on a show where they are filmed 24/7]

[Gege collector: We haven't seen this footage, so it's obvious the production team doesn't broadcast everything. The question is, why are these photos surfacing now?]

[Gege collector: The original poster was very cryptic too! They posted the photos and made it seem like we the fans were being tricked, or something.]

[Mi Mu Mi: Sisters! Something else has just been posted, please check it out]

The shared post shows a series of photos of Han Yu trying to hide himself from the cameras while looking at a hidden cellphone, smiling fondly down at the screen. In some of them he is even in his bed, the covers pulled fully over his head, and the bright glow of the screen shining through the fabric.

[Previously on: Wtf, why does he get to have a cellphone while everyone else can't? And it seems like he's always texting? What is this, how can he be so favored, when my gege struggles every week just to hang on to his B-rank?]

[Bean Baby: Exactly! My gege works hard every week too, yet these two sons of heaven can play all day and disregard practice and they still keep getting voted in week after week. NNI is clearly rigged!]

[Gege collector: Sisters, relax, don't both of them have huge fanbases? Obviously that's why they get so many votes every week]

[Previously on: But why must the show favor them, too? Everyone is fighting for their dreams yet some have a tortuous path up the mountain and others take an escalator! Pisses me the fuck off]

Tensions keep bubbling online, unbeknownst to both Xi Zirui and Han Yu, who find themselves at the center of it.

It's only when a pale faced Li Siqi comes find them both, that they realize something might be going on.

They're escorted to an office on the upper levels of the NNI Academy where most of the production team works.

Li Siqi doesn't even wait for either of them to take a seat before blurting out, "We have a problem."

Xi Zirui is initially unbothered, and assumes this means they're going to have to change the choreography for the final on the fly.

"Why the long face? Did you catch Liao laoshi making out with another woman?" Han Yu asks with a teasing smirk. "Is your crush still giving you trouble?"

Li Siqi isn't amused, and fixes him with a cold stare. "There's a huge petition online to kick you both off the show due to rigged voting."