King Of Hearts [BL]

Hao Lou screwed up. Massively.

One moment he was tossing a book to scare off some thieving celestial monkeys.

The next? Boom.

The most sacred artifact in the heavens—the Golden Book of Matrimony—was flying straight into the Mortal Realm's Doomswirl Portal.

“NOOOO!!” he shrieked, sprinting to the edge of the spiral. “I’LL GIVE YOU MORE MELON SEEDS, JUST GIVE IT BACK!”

The monkey? Unbothered. The book? Gone. Just like his job, his status, and possibly his immortal soul.

Because if the Heavenly Emperor found out? Hao Lou was going to get demoted. Not just demoted-He was bound to be reborn as a chicken. Over. And over. And eaten every single time.

“NO. I’m not getting deep-fried for this!” he shouted, stomping around the Eternal Spiral like a lunatic.

So he did what any responsible, panic-stricken deity would do.

He slapped a note on his front door:

“CULTIVATING. DO NOT DISTURB.

And with that, he jumped into the swirling cloud of doom.

Now stuck in the modern world, he has to retrieve the scattered pieces of the Book of Matrimony before the heavens catch on—and he ends up on a dinner plate.

But locating the divine artifact isn’t so easy...

Until he meets a strange young man.

One who, for some reason, can actually see the lost fragments.

With this mysterious human’s help, Hao Lou begins piecing the book back together.

Everything seems fine until—

“Wait,” Hao Lou gasps one night. “What is this… why is this young man hugging me from behind?!”

Now he’s asking the only place he knows for answers.

“Asking this online: why is my friend/coworker trying to kiss me at night? Seeking answers…”