Don't Eat My Flowers

Bittersweet / nonhuman / unrequited love / tragic romance / equally matched leads / happy ending / mutual pining / getting back together after a breakup / love and hate / combative couple / 1v1 / nonhuman / bittersweet / two straight men / turns a straight man gay / combative couple / rough-edged bottom / handsome top / brazen top / gentle top

Do you believe there are monsters in this world?

I do.

Aren't you afraid?

No.

Why not?

I'm more afraid of the human heart, and of a world without you.

*This story contains fantasy elements. Please don't confuse it with reality.*

He loved him, and petals fell all over the ground.

Xu Mu never forgot his parents' tearful warning: if he fell in love with someone, the petals would wither in winter, and he would suffer unbearable pain.

So his lifelong wish was to marry a little tree spirit like himself, or a wintersweet tree spirit.

But fate made him cross paths with Qi Xun'an.

Qi Xun'an: “How about letting me smell you? I won't tell anyone.”

Xu Mu: “Is something wrong with your head?”

He pushed Qi Xun'an away, but when no one was around, he clutched his chest and picked up the fallen wintersweet petals one by one. He couldn't remember when winter had become the season he hated most.

Qi Xun'an had also become the person he hated most.