Waiting for You to Break Up for a Long Time

You are a washed-up male singer who gets into a car accident on your way home at night. As you lie dying, you’re told you’re a character in a book. Having successfully exited the plot, you’re granted one wish—including rebirth. Thinking of your broken family, failed career, failed relationships, and the fact that your one true best friend will be left alone after your death, you choose to give the chance to your best friend instead, wishing for him to find eternal happiness with the one he loves. Then you wake up—alive again, reborn before everything went wrong. You: “…?” Given a second chance, you swiftly dump the boyfriend destined for messy entanglements with the protagonist and rush to confirm whether your wish for your best friend came true. Instead, the moment you meet, he pulls you into a tight embrace, eyes rimmed red. You: “…” Something feels… off. —— Song Xu, once a sensational male singer who swept awards upon debut, only to vanish at the peak of his fame, buried by time with no further works. When he reappears on a music show—invited as a mere foil to the current superstar—the audience sighs over how the former award-magnet has been reduced to a supporting act. Then disaster strikes during the superstar’s performance. Song Xu steps in with a flawless save, turning the mishap into a legendary duet that rockets to the top of trending searches. A comeback? Effortless. Later, after a concert, a reporter asks Song Xu why he returned to music after years of absence. On camera, he smiles faintly, sincerity in his voice: “Needed the money.” He adds, “Gotta save up for a big wedding gift—just in case my best friend gets married someday.” Fans everywhere thank this mysterious, life-changing best friend, vowing to chip in for the future wedding. Little do they know, the “wedding gift” they’ll be contributing to will be for Song Xu and said best friend. :) Song Xu, fought over by shippers of every pairing, ends up snatched away—by his best friend, who’d been quietly scheming all along. #Best friend? YOU SURE ABOUT THAT???# #If two people can’t share a bed platonically, we don’t call them “just bros”#