A Sandwich with Him, Her, and Him

[The blurb is in second person; the story is in third person]

"I like you."

Your childhood friend has confessed to you.

You're terribly nervous.

You have two childhood friends, twin brothers.

At this moment, you can't even tell which of the twins the boy in front of you is.

"Lu Chengyu...?"

You cautiously test the waters, softly calling the older twin by name.

He doesn't seem to deny it.

You breathe a sigh of relief, then immediately find yourself troubled by something else.

You're not very good at turning people down.

"Actually," you hesitate, "there's someone I like."

"Who?"

The boy's refined features are distant and cool.

You feel a little uneasy.

"It's... Lu Yifei."

"So Ah Hu likes me?"

The boy, who had kept a cold expression even while confessing, looks surprised.

He curves his lips into a gentle smile. The warmth in it dispels the chill in his brow like a spring breeze.

He's not Lu Chengyu! He's Lu Yifei!

You stare at him in disbelief, eyes wide.

You realize that once again, you've mistaken the twin brothers for each other.

In fact, you don't have feelings for either of them beyond friendship.

To turn down the childhood friend right in front of you, you had no choice but to bring up the other one, who was far away.

But at the crucial moment, you messed up. You got them mixed up.

Now you've really shot yourself in the foot.

You sink into regret, oblivious to the fact that the boy's smile hasn't reached his eyes.

In the corner, the real Lu Yifei watches his twin brother, thoughtful.

In an instant, a subtle telepathic bond between twins makes Lu Chengyu look up, his gaze sharp.

Where you can't see them, the two boys with identical faces meet each other's eyes from across the room, confirming each other's presence.

And a certain unspoken secret.

*

Lu Chengyu and Lu Yifei are identical twins. Their looks, however, are the only thing the brothers have in common.

Their personalities and interests are worlds apart, always heading in opposite directions like parallel lines that never meet.

Their contrasting temperaments and personalities make it easy even for strangers meeting them for the first time to tell the older brother from the younger.

The only exception is the girl who grew up with them, their childhood friend Yan Hu, who always mixes them up.

From childhood to adulthood, Lu Chengyu and Lu Yifei have had completely opposite tastes.

Until they fell for the same girl.

And then they had a second thing in common, besides their looks.

[As children, they were a sweet, tempting cream-filled cookie. As adults, they became an either-or choice.]

[Reading tips]

1. The story is in third person.

2. A light, melodramatic mashup, with plenty of melodrama.

3. The heroine's name is Yan Hu, taken from the phrase "beautiful eyes and a lovely smile."

-Blurb written on 2022.02.22 and saved as a screenshot.

-Cover artist: K.

Theme: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it believes all things, hopes all things. Love never fails."