My Younger Boyfriend Is a Mermaid

[Gap Moe] [Younger Love Interest] [Merman Top]

Li Nuo is a senior executive secretary in the interstellar empire.

In this empire's towering halls of power, he diligently plays the role of an emotionless corporate drone, keeping everyone happy and politely turning down all kinds of temptation.

Everyone thinks of him as a calm, restrained career man who never takes off his suit, his personality even thinner than an NPC's.

Until one day, a coworker knocks on his door.

Through the crack, Li Nuo appears in a soft pink sweater, a rosy peach between his teeth, his head tilted to one side.

Coworker: ???

The coworker asks Li Nuo why he quit.

Li Nuo bites into his peach and says, "The empire doesn't allow office romances."

The coworker is surprised. "So you're secretly in love with the president?"

Li Nuo smiles. "No, I'm secretly in love with the president's younger brother."

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Li Nuo has been in love with someone for three years.

But when he finds out that the person is the president's younger brother, he decides to lock his heart away.

Then the president himself shows up at his door and delivers his younger brother to him. "I've got a headache. Keep an eye on the kid for a couple of days."

Li Nuo, in his immaculate suit, his face calm behind gold-rimmed glasses, suddenly turns red.

The president's younger brother is a taciturn, cool young man whose only hobby is taking baths.

One day, Li Nuo realizes that he's been in the bathroom for seven hours without a sound.

Worried, Li Nuo decides to go in and check, only to find

A stunning mermaid with silver hair blowing bubbles in the bathtub.

The bubbles stop abruptly, and Li Nuo and the president's younger brother stare at each other in shock.

The president's younger brother: "Anyone who sees a mermaid's true form has two options."

Li Nuo: "Either die or live?"

The president's younger brother shakes his head. "Either top or bottom."

Li Nuo: ???

Later, Li Nuo can't help bursting out, "Why do you cry every time we do it?! I'm the one who should be crying!"

The president's younger brother, eyes red, explains, "Mermen release little pearls when they're in heat."

[Reading Guide]

1. Characters: An extremely dominant merman top with a passive, girlish side x a secretary who appears chaste but is actually soft, adorable, and shy, the bottom

2. An alternate interstellar setting, with original worldbuilding.

[Blurb written on May 28, 2022]

Theme: If only we could stay as we were at first meeting