At the start of their second year of high school, Jiang Yan, the aloof top student, gets a new deskmate: Lin Xingci, a bold and lively transfer student.
One is the "untouchable flower" who always ranks first in the grade, with an immaculate desk and notes as neat as print. The other is a dazzling star on the basketball court, whose homework is covered in doodles, yet who always catches Jiang Yan's unintentional kindness.
Beneath the parasol trees in the afternoon shade, Lin Xingci snatches Jiang Yan's iced soda, and when their fingertips accidentally touch, even the cicadas lose their rhythm. Under the lights of evening study hall, Jiang Yan secretly writes out the solutions in Lin Xingci's mistakes notebook, then looks up and meets his classmate's smiling gaze.
They climb to the rooftop to watch the sunset, chase the evening breeze around the track, and hide their feelings on the backs of their draft papers.
No one knows that Jiang Yan keeps the basketball badge Lin Xingci dropped between the pages of his textbook, or that Lin Xingci carries the white earbuds Jiang Yan left behind in his schoolbag.
This is a mutual, unspoken crush in the bloom of youth, about young hearts, summer flutters, and the joy of finding that you are each other's special someone.
Theme: The most precious thing about youth is not a dramatic confession, but the tender time two boys spend keeping each other company and growing together amid the first stirrings of love. It celebrates the pure, courageous affection between two people of the same sex, and emphasizes that sincerity and understanding are the foundation of love.
