A lovesick top who nearly resorted to coercion x a hotheaded, pure-hearted straight boy. A sweet campus romance.
The morning after receiving an anonymous love letter, teenage Xi Yin wakes up in a huge bed that isn't his.
As if being led through a puppet show, unable to control his body, he shares a gentle kiss with the tender-looking man in bed. Then they wash up together affectionately, and the man expertly ties a necktie Xi Yin has never worn before.
Their souls are blushing furiously, but their bodies act as if this is all perfectly normal.
The God of Time has played a prank, scrambling and reversing the order of their romance.
*
One day, while rushing to finish his homework, Xi Yin transmigrates to the walk home from school.
He's gotten used to these occasional transmigrations and calmly waits for the "future" Ji Zhishu to show up.
But as he turns around, he's suddenly pulled into a secluded, dimly lit alley with no one else around.
The man ignores his struggles, pins him against the wall, and bites his ear fiercely yet tenderly. His voice is low and hoarse, full of anger. "Going on a date with someone else behind my back? Hmm?"
Xi Yin realizes he's in serious trouble. He frantically shakes his head and is about to explain, but the man grips his chin, and he is forced to accept a long, explicit kiss, whimpering all the while.
The man's possessiveness is overwhelming. He nibbles and licks him slowly, as if he wants to cover every inch of his body, leaving him no room to refuse. It's humiliating and erotic.
When the kiss ends, Xi Yin can finally control his body again, and the man returns to normal, too.
His face is bright red, his lips swollen, his eyes shining with tears. He angrily shoves away Ji Zhishu, who looks completely at a loss. After spitting repeatedly in disgust, he secretly memorizes the alley and thinks, This is all going to happen in the future anyway. I'm absolutely not going to make the same mistake. I'll avoid this road from now on. Go lick the wall!
Then, just a month later...
The forgetful boy happily accepts an invitation from a girl he likes to go to the library, and they have a pleasant day together.
Humming as he walks home, he is suddenly grabbed by a pair of large hands, his mouth covered, and dragged into the alley. He's pinned against the wall even harder and more roughly than before, with no chance to resist.
He stares into the man's eyes, filled with sinister anger, and belatedly realizes what is happening.
"You promised to think it over, then turned around and went on a date with someone else, hmm?"
Ji Zhishu pins Xi Yin against the wall and takes his hand away from Xi Yin's mouth.
"Don't go crazy! You promised last time you wouldn't... Mmph!" Xi Yin's eyes widen.
The man grips his chin and stares at the pretty lips of the straight boy who's been spouting sweet talk. Enchanted, he kisses him hard.
When the kiss ends, Xi Yin, oxygen-deprived and unable to breathe, slides down the wall. His eyes are even wetter than last time, his cheeks even redder with embarrassment and anger. Ji Zhishu catches him in his arms, while Xi Yin's hand remains pressed against his chest.
Ignoring his resistance, Ji Zhishu kisses his eyes contentedly. "We're going to end up together eventually, A Yin."
*
After countless transmigrations, just when Xi Yin realizes that the future really can't be changed and is almost ready to believe that they're destined to be together, he decides to accept Ji Zhishu's pursuit.
That's when he transmigrates into the lavish cage Ji Zhishu has carefully built for him.
The man whose love has gone unreturned looks obsessed and completely besotted.
Xi Yin: ...?
Wait, aren't we supposed to be dating in the future?
*
Reader's guide:
The two of them will periodically transmigrate into scenes from their future life. In those scenes, the top has spent years unable to win the bottom's love and has become a dark, coercive lover. After transmigrating, the top calms down and decides to pursue him slowly, turning their relationship into an incredibly sweet romance.
The top originally thought his secret love was just wishful thinking, because the bottom is as straight as they come. But these intermittent transmigrations tell him the bottom will eventually be his and they'll be together sooner or later, so he becomes increasingly unable to control his feelings...
The top and bottom transmigrate at the same time (important!) into their own bodies at different points in time. During these periods, they can't control their bodies and can only watch events unfold. Once a scene is over, they'll have a short period of freedom on that timeline before being sent back.
Maybe one second they're young and innocent, hearts fluttering with their first feelings of love, and the next they're seeing what happens after an adult encounter.
They've only just received a bashful love letter whose sender was too shy to even sign their name, and the next moment they're being pinned against the wall and kissed like there's no tomorrow.
But their real memories still belong to their teenage school days.
So their once-innocent young love becomes a lot less innocent (yikes), and neither of them knows how to face the other.
But when it comes to romance, well, they still have to date.
[This is roughly what the beginning will look like:
Top (deeply sincere): I mean, even if time and space are jumbled and our meeting comes in the wrong order, you're still the lover fate has chosen for me.
Bottom (furious after being kissed): Get lost!! [Just leaving the idea here for now. I'll write it as my next book, and I'll fix the blurb when I start. I'm crying over how terrible I am at writing these.
Written March 22, 2022]
Theme: Every moment, my heart beats for you.
