When the Crane Arrives, the World Tilts

When they first met--

Gu Shihe: "Hey, kid, what's your name?"

The child: "..."

Gu Shihe: "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Gu Shihe: "Would you... like to become my real little brother?"

Later--

Gu Shiqing: "Big brother, I like you."

Gu Shihe: "?"

During the summer after Gu Shihe finished his college entrance exams, his father asked him to volunteer at an orphanage. There, he met a child whom he liked very much. After much pleading, he convinced his parents to adopt the child. Having become a big brother for the first time, Gu Shihe decided to take good care of his new little brother--

He gave the child a new name, made him all kinds of delicious food, took him to all sorts of places, celebrated his birthday with him, helped him with his homework, read him bedtime stories, and kissed him goodnight every day... He looked after him lovingly and attended to his every need.

But as time went on... why did the child's gaze start to seem so strange?

It wasn't until Gu Shihe was confessed to and kissed by Gu Shiqing on a snowy street at Christmas that he realized the child seemed to have fallen for him...

Gu Shihe: ...Since I chose him, what else can I do? I'll keep doting on him.

When Gu Shihe was nineteen, he met nine-year-old Gu Shiqing while volunteering at an orphanage. The child was as delicate and beautiful as a doll. From that moment on, Gu Shihe was lost to him for life, devoted to his beloved and true to his heart.

Even many years later, Gu Shiqing still remembered that day: the sky was clear, the sun was warm, and a handsome nineteen-year-old boy walked toward him, like a ray of light illuminating his world.

A devoted 1v1 couple with no past or present partners, pseudo-brothers, older top, and a sweet, everyday romance.

Theme: Keeping each other company and growing together, making the years gentler.