My Childhood Friend Is a Brooding Ghost Type

[Main story complete] [Next up: Is It Really a Big Deal If Brothers Kiss? The blurb is at the bottom. If you’re interested, come save it to your collection!] Zhu Xinjing moved in next door to You Chuyu when You Chuyu was eight. Back then, You Chuyu only glanced curiously at the family that had just moved in while heading out to play with his friends. He unexpectedly met the gloomy stare of a child in the living room, and from that moment on, Zhu Xinjing clung to him like a ghost haunting its victim. The new kid, Zhu Xinjing, never made the first move to play with the other children, yet he always seemed to appear without warning wherever You Chuyu happened to be, like a ghost whose feet never touched the ground. As a child, Zhu Xinjing was so thin he looked emaciated, with a gloomy air and a pair of huge, dark eyes. He was practically a perfect recreation of the creepy kid from a horror movie. After he moved in, he became the nightmare of every child in the whole alley. After a mishap led You Chuyu to accidentally hurt Zhu Xinjing, he had no choice but to take on the responsibility of looking after him. After spending some time alone together, he realized that although Zhu Xinjing looked scary and had a strange personality, he wasn’t a bad person at all. In fact, he was quite mild-mannered. And since their houses were right next to each other, the two gradually became familiar with one another. After becoming inseparable friends with Zhu Xinjing, You Chuyu was always hearing different people ask different questions. At first, they were all variations of: “Yu-ge, you’re so brave. How can you be friends with Zhu Xinjing?” “Yu-ge, don’t you have nightmares after seeing Zhu Xinjing at night?” “Big Brother Xiaoyu, is Zhu Xinjing a person or a ghost?” You Chuyu would calmly reply, “He just looks a little scary and has a bit of a weird personality, but he’s a good person.” Later, as he grew taller and his features matured, the teenage Zhu Xinjing underwent an unexpected transformation, revealing a face so beautiful it took everyone’s breath away. The questions from the people around You Chuyu also started to get strange. “Yu-ge, Zhu Xinjing ignores everyone and sticks to you every day. Do you think he’s gay?” “Yu-ge, when that junior girl asked you out today to give you a love letter, Zhu Xinjing secretly followed you two. Do you think he likes you?” “Yu-ge, someone confessed to Zhu Xinjing today, and he said he doesn’t like girls! He definitely likes you!” You Chuyu, long used to Zhu Xinjing’s unconventional ways, smiled calmly. “You’re overthinking it. He’s been like that since we were kids.” Later still, Zhu Xinjing caught You Chuyu completely off guard and cornered him, kissing him. You Chuyu was so used to Zhu Xinjing’s unconventional behavior that he calmly… Calmly my ass!!! Childhood friends, one-on-one, both pure Sunny, popular, straight, handsome, smart bottom Moody ghost-like, obsessive, scheming, manipulative, beautiful top Below is an upcoming novel. If you’re interested, come save it to your collection! Is It Really a Big Deal If Brothers Kiss? At the after-party following their high school graduation banquet, someone teased Lin Zhushui. “You and Ke Boning are both super handsome, and neither of you dated anyone during all three years of high school. You’re always stuck together. Are you two going to get together or what?” Lin Zhushui, who’d had a few drinks at the banquet, burst out laughing. “Me? You mean me and Ke Boning?” He threw an arm around Ke Boning, who was lounging on the sofa in the karaoke room, and declared, slightly tipsy, “We’re so straight that even if we kissed right here tonight, we still wouldn’t be gay.” So, egged on by their classmates chanting, “Kiss! Kiss!”, they gave each other a proper kiss. Afterward, they calmly broke apart, calmly joked around with their classmates, and calmly went home together after the after-party. They calmly returned to their two houses, facing each other across the same alley, and calmly walked inside… then simultaneously sobered up in a panic. There was only one thought on their minds: his lips are so soft. After that night, nothing seemed to change between them. And yet… We’re brothers. What’s the big deal about kissing? We’re brothers. What’s the big deal about touching each other? We’re brothers. What’s the big deal about helping each other out? We’re brothers. What’s the big deal about… doing it? A short story of around 100,000 words, two lovable idiots falling in love, a brainless sweet treat, and both are each other’s first love. Theme: Accept differences and make room for them