A gloomy, scheming, clingy younger man who acts cute x an honest, sunny social butterfly
Lin Ling and Gu Heyin grew up together and went to school together. They met when they were seventeen, and have known each other for eighteen years.
Lin Ling has always thought of himself as Gu Heyin’s knight in shining armor.
When the school bully extorted Gu Heyin, he stepped in and settled things. When one of Gu Heyin’s teachers picked on him, he marched straight into the teachers’ office to argue with them. When Gu Heyin skipped class to go to an internet cafe and got caught by his mother, he… gritted his teeth and took the blame for him!
Whenever this happened, Gu Heyin would wrap his arms around Lin Ling’s waist, bury his face in Lin Ling’s shoulder, and sob, “Yangyang-gege is the best.”
Gu Heyin had skin as fair as snow, raven-black hair, and red lips. He was so beautiful he didn’t seem real.
Every time, Lin Ling’s vanity was immensely satisfied.
Until the start of their second year of high school, when Lin Ling watched Gu Heyin shoot up before his very eyes. His shoulders broadened, his chest muscles thickened, and he grew to nearly one hundred and ninety centimeters.
Even harder to accept, he presented as an Alpha before Lin Ling did.
Lin Ling felt a little strange about it.
Gu Heyin, however, was just as he’d always been, wrapping his arms around Lin Ling’s waist and holding his hand while he slept.
Lin Ling forced down his strange feelings and continued to hold hands with Gu Heyin as his good buddy.
Then Gu Heyin’s rut came. The Alpha, more than half a head taller than Lin Ling, curled up in his arms and cried pitifully, “I feel awful. I want you to bite me, gege…”
Lin Ling, who was only a Beta: “…Me?”
Gu Heyin was already too far gone to think clearly. Grinding his teeth, he insisted that Lin Xu bite him.
Lin Ling knew that his bite wouldn’t have any effect at all. The most urgent thing was to get Gu Heyin to release the pheromones running wild inside him.
And so the bewildered Beta hesitantly bared the back of his neck. “Why don’t you bite me instead?”
Gu Heyin’s eyes darkened, but he pretended to be innocent as he confirmed, “Can I? Are you doing this willingly, gege?”
“Sure, but be gentle.”
…
That night, Lin Ling underwent a second differentiation and became an Omega.
*An ABO story, childhood friends, the top is secretly in love, but the feelings are mutual. 1v1, happy ending.
*Most of the story takes place at school, focused on the couple.
*The top is beautiful in the bottom’s eyes, but looks rather terrifying to everyone else. Love makes the beloved seem beautiful.
*The bottom is a social butterfly, an extreme extrovert, a bit of a heartthrob, and a sunny ball of energy.
*Draft saved on June 3, 2026.
Theme: Gold will always shine
