Bei Tai had no idea why he was so good at being the backup choice. So he bought a box of crystal pears for Lu Hu, the ambiguous love interest of his current girlfriend, who had a cough from the change of seasons. He wanted to ask this popular heartthrob how to escape his fate as a perennial backup.
Lu Hu gazed at Bei Tai's earnest, eager face and the sweet-smelling crystal pears in his hands, lost in thought...
Just imagine: how could a man with a normal sexual orientation think to ask his romantic rival about something like this?
He must have a crush on me!
A self-deluding top × a naturally oblivious bottom who's been devoted to being the backup choice for twenty years
This story is entirely fictional. Please do not associate it with any real people or events.
