Not Mary Sue Halo

"I'm home." 

Nobody answered Mingze, he saw the bottles of beer scattered on the floor. It was honestly a mess, but it was the usual scene in the small house where only three people lived. There was a man laying down on the floor, he smelled of booze.

"Dad, dad wake up and sleep inside the room."

"Is your mom here yet?" Mingze's dad woke up for a bit then fell asleep as soon as he asked in his half asleep and half awake state.

Mingze cleaned the scattered bottles and neatly arranged them in the kitchen before pulling him inside his room. 

It was just past six'o'clock. 

"Mom, would be coming home a bit later. Let's go, I'll help you up." 

After settling his father in the room and pulling a blanket for him, Xie Mingze prepared hot water in the kitchen. He remembered that he have some assignments left to do. The life of a university student is a bit hectic, he looked at the mirror and saw the eyebags under his eyes. He should unwind for a bit. 

He grabbed his phone and took a pic of the kettle, "Taking a hot bath." It was a total useless post in his story, still Mingze wanted to post something for the day. He needs to practice posting if he wanted to be a social media person after debuting his first album as an artist.

Yize a friend he met online liked his photo and left a comment.

Yize: A hot bath on a cold night, I want to join you. 

A comment can be viewed by everyone in his circle of friends. Xie Mingze blushed at his shameless comment and clicked on his profile picture.

Mingze: Can't you just be a normal person for a day?

Yize: I'm a normal person thank you.

Mingze: Your comments are too abnormal. [angrybunny.gif]

Yize: Hahaha I'll do what I want. 

The kettle started to whistle indicating that's it's boiling, "Ohh it's boiling." Xie Mingze closed his app and proceeds to take a bath not bothering to reply to his online friend.

***

2 days before the show, Oliver appeared with his face flushed completely out of energy, "What's wrong with you?" Hanya asked with a worried expression on her press. 

Anyone with eyes can clearly tell Oliver was sick, nobody wanted to believe it since only 2 days was left until the start of the show. Almost everyone wanted Oliver to say he was fine, but even so it was obvious he was not. 

What a great coincidence just before the show. 

Bang! 

The piano was shut closed with a loud bang, accompanied by the sound of chair scapping on the ground, all eyes turned to to Fen Yichen because of the disturbance.

"Stop half assing, the show is in two days. If you're sick, leave." 

Xie Mingze felt his head ache, Yichen was onve again showing his temper. He never did lost his temper with him, but he always gets on his nerves. 

'Is he stupid? If Oliver left then he would play as the male lead?'

"Your true colors finally showed, so that time in the garden wasn't an accident. You wanted the role for yourself!" Oliver exploded and pointed his fingers at Fen Yichen, the latter shrugged his shoulders as his reply.

"You're exaggerating, how could I expect that you would get sick just because you got wet with water from the hose. Also why would I do it? I can't even sing your part, it's too high for me and I'm on the piano. I'm too busy to scheme." Yichen said with a completely innocent face. 

"Can you guys tell us the whole story, we deserve the right to know." Hanya said with her arms crossed.

***

So apparently according to Yichen, he was assigned by Professor Yan to take care of the vegetable garden since he had some lecture that time. With a hose in hand he was just peacefully watering them when after a while Oliver entered the school grounds with his big bike.

He was driving fast that he nearly run over the professor's garden and Fen Yichen. Surprised by the big bike rushing towards him, Yichen reflexively sprayed the hose on him. The driver AKA Oliver lost his balance and fell off. 

Luckily he was not injure, he thought there would be no problem. However, since he was soaked from the water hose and let his clothes dried on his body without removing it he got sick.

All eyes on Oliver turned dark, inside their heads they thought of the same thing.

'It's obviously your fault!'

The guard did not manage to stop him afraid of being run over and he got the consequences of his actions. Everything is just a series of cause and effect. 

"This is a big problem, we don't have an understudy trained for Oliver's part." The person assigned to the sound and lights said. 

The crew began to buzz with worry and the person involved in the accident continued to stay silent like he was thinking about something. 

Xie Mingze was worried his grades would drop if the first show failed just because the main lead was sick. Hanya started to bite her fingernails, completely worried about how things would go.

There was not enough time to find another person to play the role. 

"I can do it! I can play this role- Ugh…" Fen Yichen simply gave Oliver a light push on his forehead and he came crashing down the ground. 

He did not bother helping him up and looked down at him condescendingly while standing tall, "You can't even stand up and you want to perform? You are not some male lead with a mary sue halo Oliver." 

Xie Mingzen had this thought, if it was only the two of them he might step down on him. He shook his head at the thought then without realizing Fen Yichen had already placed his hands on his shoulders.

"The show must go on, therefore I recommend my Xie Mingzen to play the role of the male lead."