Not So Hard to Bear

Gentle, long-suffering older top x stubborn, straightforward puppy bottom

The first to fall in love is the first to run.

He left behind a letter, thinking he was giving the other person their freedom.

But some people are impossible to escape. Wherever you go, he follows. The harder you push him away, the tighter he holds on.

Qi Cishu pushed away his younger brother's arms around him. "Being with me will make your life miserable."

Qi Fengshi smiled. "It won't be miserable. Not with you here."

In the end, they finally came to a stop, and in the place where everyone said they shouldn't be, they secretly shared a very, very short lifetime together.

That north-facing room was the coldest place all winter.

Yet it was warmer than every day that came after.

There were too many things in this world that could trap them: social convention, blood ties, and the careless words people tossed around, "You two are wrong."

There were too many things that could trap them. Everything, except death.

They promised each other they'd meet again in their next life.

But as this life drew to a close, Qi Fengshi gripped Qi Cishu's hand so tightly and said:

"I must have been too greedy in my last life, praying that we could be together through every lifetime, through life and death. That's why I was reborn as your brother in this one. I won't be greedy in the next life. Growing old together with you will be enough."

In the next life, he'll still chase after him.

Theme: Love isn't the ending. It's the beginning.