Evening Star and Broken Thoughts

【Mutual healing | Meet online | Slow-burn romance | Late-night ramblings】 Everyone knows Xu Shu tends to get insomnia at night. On countless difficult nights, she's gotten used to working through her feelings alone. Until she met Lu Huai. Ping, ping, ping, the messages kept popping up. Well, then, I'll take you up on that. So you're loneliness? I'll take that off your hands. On the other side of a screen, kindness is kindness all the same. Her best friend cornered her, determined to find out who she was chatting with. Xu Shu lowered her head. “Just an online friend. It's none of your business.” According to Rule Three of the Solitude Handbook, when you don't want to explain, just make something up on the spot. Lu Huai's point of view. His little online friend had been getting chattier lately. Meals, evening clouds, exam stress, every little thing, big and small, she told him all about it. When the day finally came to meet at the station, Xu Shu looked at the boy in front of her, her cheeks burning. I'm doomed. The insomnia handbook never taught me how to handle a crush that started online when we meet in person. I should've known better than to share my feelings so freely. Falling for someone comes at a price.