Shen Qiu thought he hid it well.
Disguised as a Beta, put on suppression patches on time, and remained a transparent person in the laboratory - until he met Jiang He.
The senior brother who always brought him milk nonchalantly, the Alpha who chatted and laughed with others in the elevator, and the person who let him hide for three months but secretly replaced his inhibition patch.
Jiang He also thought he was hiding well.
Alpha's status, his approach as if nothing had happened, and his excuse for a box of strawberry milk every day - until he was in the conference room, and finally forced Shen Qiu to retreat.
"You've been hiding from me for three months, and now - it's my turn."
This is a story about secret love.
About those unspeakable approaches, those pretending to care casually, those heartbeats betrayed by pheromones.
Both people thought they were in love one-way, but they didn't know that the other person had been waiting there for a long time.
Tags: dual male protagonists | campus/laboratory | ABO | secret love comes true | running in both directions | main attacking perspective (Jiang He) × main and receiving perspective (Shen Qiu) | bisexual setting
Reading guide:
· Main attacking perspective Jiang He × Main receiving perspective Shen Qiu
· ABO world view, double Alpha warning? No, it's the two-way disguise of Alpha×Omega
· Secret love → Ambiguity → Misunderstanding → Reconciliation, 1v1 HE
· Laboratory background, scientific research dogs' daily love life (and horse-falling daily life)
Concept: A story about secret love
Both of them thought they were having a one-way secret love, carefully hiding, testing, and retreating. One hid for three months, the other delivered milk for three months - they both thought the other didn't know, but they didn't know that the other knew.
Middle Level: About "Pretend" and "Reality"
In the world of ABO, gender is a label and pheromones are instincts. But they are all pretending - pretending to be Beta, pretending not to care, pretending to be just ordinary classmates. But those details that cannot be hidden (strawberry milk, coffee flavor, remembering each other's habits) are more honest than any pheromone.
True love is to suppress the heartbeat that cannot be covered by a sticker.
Deeper: About "seeing" and "being seen"
Shen Qiu thought that he was a transparent person and was dispensable in the laboratory. But Jiang He saw him—not his gender, not his pheromones, but the way he licked his lips, his habit of drinking coffee, and the slightly red tips of his ears every time he ducked away.
The same goes for rivers. He is used to using nonchalance to hide his sincerity, and is used to being the person who "treats everyone the same" among the crowd. But Shen Qiu saw him - saw the red bloodshot eyes, saw his hesitant expression when handing him the milk, and saw his subtle temptation when he leaned over in the elevator.
You are not a transparent person, you are the first person I see in the crowd.
Final landing point:
This is a story about "running in both directions".
It's not a grand confession, it's not the impulse of love at first sight. It's milk day after day, it's the suppression patch that is secretly replaced, it's the phrase "You've been hiding from me for three months, now it's my turn."
Just when you thought you were walking alone in the dark for a long time, you suddenly discovered that there was someone waiting for you in front, holding a box of strawberry milk in his hand and saying:
"I know you're here."