In the summer after the college entrance examination, Xu Yang only temporarily lived in his brother Zhao An's home.
He convinced himself that this was just a transition, that he was being taken care of, and that it was natural.
But life is getting a little out of control——
The key was handed to him, his schedule began to overlap, and the light was always left on for him at night.
Those moments of getting too close, the gazes that paused for too long, and the distance from which he could have moved away but did not, made him realize for the first time:
Some dependence has already crossed the line of "brother".
And Zhao An understood all this earlier than him.
He hid his love in care, regarded restraint as his bottom line, and spent more than ten years standing there waiting for someone to grow up.
This is a story about cohabitation, ambiguity, temptation and permission.
There is no love at first sight, only getting closer slowly;
There is no forced possession, only repeated confirmation.
They said nothing,
But step by step, they lived in each other's lives.
——
Year Up × Year Down / Slowly Ambiguous / HE
