Childhood friends, older shixiong and younger shidi
Tsundere top × honest, straightforward bottom
Blurb:
He had a lowly status and an ordinary face. The greatest stroke of luck in his life was once saving his shixiong when he was young and down on his luck.
Out of gratitude for that kindness, when he was afflicted with a love poison, his shixiong, pure as the moon, gave himself to become the antidote.
He spent countless nights tossing and turning, unable to sleep. It wasn't until he met the person his shixiong had loved as a youth that he realized it had all been an illusion:
His shixiong was wonderful in every way. He simply didn't love him.
Younger shidi: What despicable, shameless, depraved scoundrel poisoned me?!
Shixiong: ...
Theme: Unrequited love coming true