For the eight hundredth time, Xia Lan asked Pei Jingyu to end their engagement.
He looked heartbroken. "You know, Jingyu, we were too young back then. We can't be held to the promises we made."
Pei Jingyu gave a little nod. "Then give back the homework I helped you with yesterday."
Xia Lan stared at him in shock, his face crumpling as he choked back tears. "How can you be so heartless? You're not even going to try to stop me? You never loved me at all, did you..."
"Right," Pei Jingyu replied perfunctorily. He reached into the freezer, grabbed two popsicles, and waved them in front of Xia Lan. "Want one?"
Xia Lan's tears flowed back in, and a smile returned to his face. "Sure."
Pei Jingyu smiled too. "Buy your own."
Xia Lan exclaimed, "How can you be like this? In a few years, you're supposed to marry me. You're treating me like this before we've even gotten married... Mm."
Xia Lan would put on a dramatic performance anywhere, so Pei Jingyu had no choice but to kiss him anywhere. It was the only way to shut him up.
Childhood friends with an arranged marriage: a theatrical Omega and an Alpha who can't keep up with his act.
Theme: Life is a play.
