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It's fitting that he realises he loves Hanbin while he's watching him tear out another tribute's throat with his teeth. He had expected that it would be earth-shattering, maybe, something similar to the depictions in the romance novels he used to read. But Zhang Hao only traces Hanbin's form on the screen, his staunch refusal to cede victory, and thinks oh, I love him.
If only Zhang Hao knew winning the Games would be the easy part.
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Fandoms: ZEROBASEONE | ZB1 (Korea Band), Boys Planet (Korea TV)
22 Jun 2023
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He saw how Zhang Hao and Hanbin started to gravitate towards each other without thinking, as easy as breathing. How they each have a specific smile reserved only for the other. How Hanbin's eyes always seek out Zhang Hao first when he enters a room and vice versa. How Hanbin can't go five minutes without touching Zhang Hao, even if it's just a casual caress of his elbow. How Zhang Hao always, without fail, unconsciously relaxes into his touch like his body can't help it.
Yujin sees all of this and he burns in quiet envy. When he enters a room, his eyes always seek out them first.
Being an idol is more complicated than Yujin thought.
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Hao hadn’t stepped foot into the castle since the death of his father over ten years ago.
Now, due to his mother’s relentless efforts, he’s been invited back to take part in the annual courting season. An omega like him? Surely, he won’t have any prospect of finding a mate…
Upon his arrival he has to find out that he’s attracted more attention than he’s ever dared to dream of.
But that’s not the only thing he finds, as more and more secrets surrounding his father’s death come to light...- Language:
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05 Jan 2026
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It takes him a couple months to realize that he's popular even beyond his small circle. That people whisper about him on campus because they find him handsome. That they don't suspect anything at all—he's just a pretty boy they can admire, giggle over, crush on.
It's heady, this victory.
And it's easier, after that, to sink into the burgeoning love he has for his own body. This body that he has so carefully shaped: surgery; hormone therapy; late night or early morning gym sessions to get some muscle definition, sneaking swims in the school pool after hours so no one would see the scars on his chest; hours of following vocal lessons online to change his voice; hours practicing how to walk, how to carry himself, how to blend in with his cis peers. He carved Zhang Hao into existence piece by bloody piece and he's proud of who he's become.
Or: It has been a long, difficult road from a quiet house in Fujian to arena stages in Seoul. Now, Zhang Hao struggles to balance idol life with secrets that he has kept buried for years, and then there is this love for Sung Hanbin that just won't die.
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It should be easy to tell what Hanbin's thinking. He opens his mouth to say those stupid three words, those words which he said only once and never again because of Zhang Hao’s reaction.
Realisation floods Zhang Hao's face, eyes widening. He presses two fingers to Hanbin's lips. “Don’t,” he says softly. “Don’t ruin it.”
Jeju, he discovers, can be its own world.
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27 Dec 2025