Childhood friends + oblivious bottom + devoted top + unrequited love and unrecognized love + yearning and push-and-pull secret crush
Everyone envied Su Yubai and Jiang Nian, childhood friends who had been inseparable since they were little.
No one knew how many sleepless nights Su Yubai had endured beneath the facade of being a "good buddy."
He gave Jiang Nian all his tenderness, always favoring him and giving way to him. He watched as the person he loved drew near without a care, while Jiang Nian's mind was as dull as a stone, mistaking all that surging love for brotherly loyalty.
The torment of loving someone he couldn't have was nearly enough to crush Su Yubai. He tested the waters again and again, then backed away just as often, their feelings caught in a constant tug-of-war on a knife's edge.
One fierce argument tore through their fragile peace.
In the downpour, they broke apart and walked away in opposite directions.
Cold rain hammered down as longing and desperation shattered every last restraint. Su Yubai plunged into the storm and ran madly through the city, determined to bring back the one who had left him.
Soaked through, he stumbled back home.
The rain, along with years of suppressed longing, finally broke loose.
He grabbed the other's wrist and bent down to kiss him without holding back.
The secret love that had lain hidden for years, unseen by daylight, burst free that rainy night and emerged into the open.
As the kiss ended,
Jiang Nian finally came to his senses.
So all those years together, day in and day out, had never been brotherly love at all.
But now that they'd crossed the line, where could they take this burning, heavy love?
