Humid Rain

[Irregular updates during finals week. Complete at 170,000 words. You can wait until it’s finished to read.]

Reserved, obsessive girl x devoted puppy-like campus heartthrob

Unresolved longing / bittersweet / secret crush

The rain at seventeen always feels clammy and damp.

Jiang Lai always thought that to Zhou Mintian, she was no more than a tiny drop in the ocean. Her feelings for him were just wishful thinking, taking root deep in the earth where no one could see.

Until Zhou Mintian sat drunk out of his mind on the street. Jiang Lai hurried over and saw his eyes glistening with tears, his head bowed, and his phone clutched tightly in his hand. On the screen was an unsent text message, and her name was right there.

“Jiang Lai, I’ve liked you for a long time.”

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Zhou Mintian once told Jiang Lai that wherever she was, that was home.

But a downpour washed away their promise, and the home he spoke of seemed to become an obsession only Jiang Lai held on to.

The misunderstandings and helplessness they never managed to voice would often turn into bleak, rainy seasons, leaving scars on them that were hard to hide.

It turned out some feelings really do stop at the lips.

Zhou Mintian, the rain has stopped. It’s time for me to wake up from this dream.

Overwhelming love / powerless to resist

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