What, You Don't Have a Childhood Friend?

Original title: "Keywords" Childhood friends to lovers. Everyday romance. [This story has five parts, each set at a different point in time.] Part One: Their tentative early days together. Part Two: The gradual process of defining their relationship. Part Three: The full-on honeymoon phase. Part Four: Their honeymoon phase while studying away from home. Part Five: Their mature lives at twenty-eight. (Married life) (→ So it could also be called "A Childhood Friends Romance Field Guide".) Blurb: The red light at the intersection had just come on. Not a single car passed by. They stood side by side on the empty sidewalk, the streetlight's shadow stretching to their feet. Nearby, a few drooping gardenia buds poked through a fence. Shi Shu tugged Liang Jing back a little, then leaned toward the streetlight to study his expression. As they drew closer, the gardenia's fragrance enveloped them like mist. Liang Jing simply gazed at him in silence. The light overhead fell across his straight nose, leaving it half-bright and half-shadowed. The crease of his double eyelids was clear and deep. Shi Shu reached out to touch his eyes. “What are you thinking about?” Liang Jing said nothing. Shi Shu gazed at him with concern. After a moment, he lifted his head and pressed his warm lips to Liang Jing's cool ones, calling his name. “Liang Jing.” “Liang Jing.” “Liang Jing, don't be sad, okay?” The light turned green, and the night wind swept by. “Want a kiss?” Shi Shu asked. As he spoke, his eyes curved into a soft, lively foxlike smile, filled with Liang Jing. Liang Jing looked at him and reached out to touch the upturned corner of Shi Shu's eye. Shi Shu smiled until his eyes narrowed, his whole face radiant. He leaned in again and brushed Liang Jing's lips. “Well? Do you?” Liang Jing cupped Shi Shu's face and kissed him. The kiss grew a little rough. Shi Shu leaned back against the fence and let himself be kissed. Just as he felt a little lost, he suddenly found a flower bud clutched in his hand, its gardenia fragrance crushed into his palm. [Notice: The only platform where "Come On, You Have a Childhood Friend, Right?" is serialized, edited, and completed is Jinjiang Literature City. [I do not accept any text from unauthorized sources, including free full-text websites or pirated document transfers, if it has not been reviewed by the author. Theme: Love life and keep striving every day.