Can Best Friends Turn Gay?

[Probably opening soon] Blurb 1 Jian Ning had been secretly in love with his roommate for years. From middle school through college, he watched him get rejected when he confessed to his crush, sprain his ankle playing basketball, and laugh and chat with others with his arm slung over their shoulders. Jian Ning was too timid to reveal how he felt. Fortunately, his roommate seemed oblivious, and even trusted Jian Ning enough to ask him for favors all the time. Like when his confession to his crush was rejected and he handed Jian Ning a frilly tutu: "You said you needed a costume for your performance, right? You can have it." Or when he sprained his ankle playing basketball and propped up his cast-covered foot: "Good roommate, will you help me shower?" Or when thunder rumbled on a rainy night and he climbed into Jian Ning's bed with his pillow: "Hey, bro, sleep with me!" Jian Ning was so flustered by all the flirting that he had no choice but to ask for advice from a female online friend he had never met. His friend let out three excited squeals, then typed furiously as she laid out a plan [Jianjian! Make the first move! Touch his waist! Kiss him!] [I'll expect you two to be married in three minutes!!!] [Men's hearts are impossible to read, but luckily I know how to win them over!] Jian Ning hesitantly did as she said. Some time later, his roommate was still unmoved, and nothing seemed to have changed Until the day a younger student in his department confessed to him. In the dim light, his good roommate pinned him against the wall and said in a low voice, "You're so oblivious. Can't you tell how much I like you?" "Didn't I teach you how to pursue me? And now you're chatting up other men, hmm?" Jian Ning: "!" Do all straight guys act like this?! 2 A post titled "Show Us Your Best College Roommate" recently blew up on a university forum. One reply in particular received a flood of responses. User on Floor 21: [I happened to see him knitting me a scarf that day.] In the photo, a slender young man bathed in light, wearing over-ear headphones as he quietly knitted a scarf, his expression gentle. [You're secretly in love with him, aren't you? Your feelings are practically spilling out of the screen!] [Whoa, are you sure he's your roommate?!] Several months later, the original poster finally replied: [He's not my roommate. He's my sweetheart.] ^ 1. A long-planned romance √ Mutual devotion √ Sweet story about turning a straight guy gay √ 2. A sensitive, oblivious, naturally flirtatious cat versus a sunny, outgoing puppy who seems straight but is actually as bent as a paper clip 3. Premise set on 2022/11/20. Blurb revised on 2023/10/9 and screenshot saved. Theme: Pass on the best of our culture, keeping its strengths and discarding its flaws.