Fatal Attraction

[Short story / a little melodrama / complete]

After graduating high school, Tao Yu left without a word, not even leaving Cen Huai a "breakup". Cen Huai searched for him for seven years.

When they met again, passion flared between them, and neither held back.

Afterward, the room was stifling and hot. When Tao Yu woke, all he saw was a note on his phone.

The handwriting was bold and flamboyant, exactly like Cen Huai.

"If you need anything, you're welcome to come by anytime. - Cen"

A phone number was written underneath.

Looking at the number he'd known by heart for seven years, Tao Yu couldn't help laughing. "All right."

"I stand in the darkness, longing for the light that once belonged to me."

A story of salvation and being saved, healing and being hurt again.

A little melodramatic, [readers who require both leads to be sexually inexperienced / readers who are protective of the receiving partner, proceed with caution]. The receiving partner was once imprisoned and sexually assaulted.

He has psychological trauma that has left him extremely insecure and fragile, sensitive and selfish.

A note about revisions: I usually fix typos. If a change affects the plot, I'll mark it.

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Qi Jin considers himself an expert at playing the field. He's never lost when it comes to casual flings.

But then he meets a coward with all the desire and none of the nerve, and gets caught red-handed by the guy's actual boyfriend.

Qi Jin curses under his breath, annoyed, and gets ready to leave. Then he catches sight of Miao Zhiyu, who has come to back someone up.

The tall, handsome college student has clear, limpid eyes, and is as pure as a blank sheet of paper, making you want to scribble all over him in no time.

Acting on attraction is easy. Qi Jin doesn't think twice and turns to leave.

Then he sees that familiar figure again in his own bookstore.

His slender fingers press down on the student ID card held out to him. Qi Jin chuckles. "Blank page, I gave you a chance to run away."

Later, when he really is about to scribble all over that blank page, the other man turns the tables on him.

Miao Zhiyu pins his wrists above his head, his beautiful eyes full of innocence. "Ge, I've been holding back for so long. Give me a break, okay?"

Qi Jin is speechless, his heart melting.

But after giving in once, he never manages to turn things around for the rest of his life.

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Just before graduation, Miao Zhiyu is dragged out of the lab by his roommate to back him up at a hotel.

Apparently his roommate's boyfriend cheated on him with a man almost thirty years old, and they're going to catch them in the act.

When the door is kicked open, the "old man" is sitting half-naked on the edge of the bed, a cigarette between his lips.

He looks over calmly, the corners of his upturned eyes carrying a hint of seduction.

Through the smoke, the man kicks the one on the bed and sneers, "Kid, you didn't say you had a boyfriend."

Miao Zhiyu stands at the door, the corner of his mouth lifting.

His prey has just arrived.

Soft-hearted old fox x sweet-talking young wolf

The best hunters often appear as prey.

Not sexually inexperienced, includes a salvation arc.

Theme: Always look forward, stay true to what you love, and follow the sunlight into the future.