[A clever but insecure puppy vs. a radiant beauty who's actually full of cracks]
-----Mutual pining / mutual salvation------
Liang Chen loved Barbie dolls and princess dresses as a child, but her parents forced her to get short hair and filled a wall with toy guns. By the time she reached eighth grade, she'd finally turned out exactly as expected: completely crooked.
Liang Chen's way of deciding she'd turned out crooked was blunt, and rather horrifying:
She'd fallen for Ji Tiantian, the class beauty from the neighboring class.
After keeping watch by the glass window for three years, unable even to get Ji Tiantian's phone number, Liang Chen decided that her youth had reached the end of its shy, silent crush, fading out without a trace.
On the first day of high school class assignments, Liang Chen clutched her score slip and walked into Haicheng High's honors class.
She didn't know a single one of the top students in the class. Then, as the early morning sun streamed in from outside, a familiar figure she'd dreamed of night after night stepped through the door.
Ji Tiantian smiled as sweetly as honey, strode over, and took the last empty seat beside Liang Chen.
"You're the only person in this class I know. Can I sit with you?"
Later, Liang Chen, insecure for seventeen years, took the initiative to kiss the corner of Ji Tiantian's lips for the first time.
Summoning every bit of courage she had, she asked, "Does this mean I've won you over?"
Ji Tiantian smiled and brushed the tip of her nose against Liang Chen's.
"Didn't you know? I've been trying to win you over this whole time, too."
[Mutual salvation / unrequited love / school life / younger woman / happy ending / 1v1]
This book is also titled Glass Affection.
Reading notes:
1. This is about two girls. The novel does not involve any female-to-male transition; both characters have the correct gender identity. The pursuing lead may seem a little boyish at first, but that will change completely later.
2. This is a school story, set around 2010, though the exact year isn't specified (the protagonists still use flip phones). The school sections lean realistic. High school isn't all that dreamy: it's just exam after exam until you're sick of them.
3. 1v1, happy ending, a sweet romance (though there may be socially themed bonus chapters or a separate follow-up book).
4. I'm an amateur writer, writing as inspiration strikes. Come join in!
Blurb saved on 2025.09.08
Theme: Love is never a sin
Both families have their own depression and pain