Just a Straight Guy's Little Tricks

[Coming Soon: "But He Calls Me His Top [School Life]" and "But He Calls Me Baby [Book Transmigration]". Their blurbs are below. The blurb for this story is first. ↓↓↓] Bai Ruantang was astonished to discover that his roommate, Lu Wanchen, the aloof campus heartthrob, was actually a painfully vulnerable shut-in with social anxiety! Overcome with sympathy, Bai Ruantang resolved to care for him with all his heart. But Lu Wanchen gradually started making all sorts of strange requests. Like holding hands while walking, feeding each other at meals, buying matching clothes, kissing him on the cheek whenever the mood struck, and even inviting him to feel his abs... Bai Ruantang blushed. "Isn't it kind of weird for two grown men to do this?" Lu Wanchen stroked his hand. "It's fine. Straight guys all do this." Then he opened a video site and showed him #AStudyOfModernStraightMen#. Bai Ruantang's eyes widened in shock, but he quickly came to terms with it. We're both so straight! * Bai Ruantang, a handsome-face enthusiast who thought the two of them were so straight, started letting loose and snuggling up to the gorgeous guy to his heart's content. Gradually, everyone at school learned that Bai Ruantang was hopelessly in love with his straight roommate, Lu Wanchen. The evidence included, but was not limited to: Bai Ruantang secretly touching Lu Wanchen's hand in class; Bai Ruantang sleeping with Lu Wanchen at night; Bai Ruantang using all sorts of sneaky tricks to chase away every boy and girl who confessed to Lu Wanchen; One classmate couldn't stand by and watch any longer, and tried to tell Bai Ruantang that falling for a straight guy had no future. Bai Ruantang laughed and thumped his chest, insisting they were both straight. Exasperated by Bai Ruantang's self-deception, the classmate went to warn Lu Wanchen to be careful of him. Lu Wanchen responded with an inscrutable look, and even cracked a rare, faint smile. Classmate: shocked.jpg * Their relationship gradually became something indescribable. Then, after one wonderful night, Bai Ruantang reminisced about the past and suddenly sat bolt upright in Lu Wanchen's arms, as if jolted awake from his deathbed. I'm doomed. I think I'm really hopelessly in love with Lu Wanchen! Lu Wanchen pulled him back into his arms, his voice hoarse. "What's wrong?" Bai Ruantang stared at Lu Wanchen's beautiful jawline, swallowed, and said in stunned disbelief, "I'm doomed. I really am hopelessly in love with you!" Lu Wanchen fell silent for two seconds, then bent down and kissed his forehead with a faint smile. "Silly boy, are you only realizing that now?" * In short, this is a story about a scheming top using straight-guy tricks to slowly gobble up a clueless bottom. Outgoing, goofy, gorgeous, and obsessed with good looks bottom × socially awkward, obsessive, aloof, and dangerously unhinged gorgeous top One-on-one, both virgins, sweet romance, happy ending [Notes] 1. The top is a scheming bastard who has a secret crush on the bottom. He makes everyone think the bottom likes him, including the bottom himself. 2. The top has a social impairment, not social anxiety. 3. The bottom is obsessed with the top's looks, and the top is obsessed with everything about the bottom. ["But He Calls Me His Top [School Life]" is a sweet, goofy school-life comedy from the bottom's perspective. ↓↓↓] Everyone at Nancheng No. 1 High School knew that the aloof beauty Gu Xuemian couldn't stand the reckless school bully Lu Xingye. Lu Xingye thought so too. Lu Xingye went to get lunch in the cafeteria, and Gu Xuemian deliberately got the same thing. Lu Xingye: He's provoking me. Lu Xingye was kicked out of class, and Gu Xuemian watched him leave with concern. Lu Xingye: He's gloating. Lu Xingye played basketball while Gu Xuemian sat under a tree nearby, pretending to study but actually sneaking glances at him. Lu Xingye: He's mocking me for being all brawn and no brains. Damn, am I supposed to put up with that? So Lu Xingye left the court, walked straight up to Gu Xuemian, took off his sweat-soaked shirt, and tossed it in his face. Bracing one arm against the tree behind him, he threatened fiercely, "Look at me one more time, and see if I don't keep you out of bed for a month." (He meant he'd break his legs.) Gu Xuemian stared at Lu Xingye's chest, so close to his face. Whatever crossed his mind, his cheeks slowly turned red. * Gu Xuemian had been secretly in love with Lu Xingye for two years. He'd thought things would stay that way until graduation, but then he hit his head and became convinced that his family had abandoned him and sold him to Lu Xingye as a child bride. In his hospital bed, Gu Xuemian gave the room a cool look around. The moment he saw Lu Xingye, his eyes lit up, and he threw himself into his arms with tears in his eyes. "Hubby, it hurts..." Lu Xingye stiffened, silently swallowing the curse that had nearly escaped his lips. He held his free-to-have wife and awkwardly tried to comfort him. "There, there. Don't cry." The whole class: ????? Sorry, there was so much going on that we couldn't even process it all at once. * With his brain addled, Gu Xuemian took the old-fashioned belief that "the husband is heaven" to heart and devoted himself to being a good wife. By day, he served tea, brought Lu Xingye food, and watched their teacher. At night, he helped him study, did his laundry, and warmed his bed. Every day, he chased after Lu Xingye, sweetly calling him "Hubby" and obediently letting him kiss, hug, and lift him up. His free-to-have wife was so soft and sweet that Lu Xingye quickly turned gay and spoiled him rotten. The husband is heaven × The wife is a fairy √ Lu Xingye's friends: ? Didn't you hate men who acted girly? What happened to your principles? Lu Xingye: But he calls me his top. //// #InTheFaceOfACuteLittleWifeAllPrinciplesAreCrap# * Later, Gu Xuemian recovered. Remembering all the ways he'd let loose in front of the person he loved, he felt too embarrassed to face Lu Xingye. Lu Xingye realized that his little wife had been giving him the cold shoulder lately. No kisses, no hugs, and no warming his bed at night. He couldn't even touch his hand! Lu Xingye: (I want my wife) (screaming) (twisting) (crawling in the dark) (growling ominously) Feeling terribly guilty, Gu Xuemian decided he needed to clear the air with Lu Xingye. But Lu Xingye got to him first, shedding manly tears as he asked, "Baby, what's wrong? Don't you love me anymore? Why don't you call me your top now? QAQ" Gu Xuemian: "?" * Cool, beautiful bottom who is soft only for the top × short-tempered school bully top who is gentle only with the bottom One-on-one, both virgins, goofy sweet romance, happy ending ["But He Calls Me Baby [Book Transmigration]" is a sweet, goofy school-life comedy from the bottom's perspective. ↓↓↓] Every night, Gu Yanxi traveled to a parallel world and relived a certain stretch of time from earlier that day. Gu Yanxi was thrilled, because it meant he had twice as much time as everyone else to study hard. He pulled out an exam paper and got to work, when Mu Zhuoqing suddenly offered him a packet of little bear cookies. The same thing had happened during the day, so Gu Yanxi didn't think much of it. Just as he was about to coldly turn him down again, a line of text suddenly appeared above his head: [Gu Yanxi grabbed Mu Zhuoqing's sleeve, raised his rosy little face, and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Hubby, feed me, please~"] Gu Yanxi: ??? The next moment, his body blushed and coquettishly called Mu Zhuoqing "Hubby" without his permission. Gu Yanxi thought he was doomed and about to get beaten up, but Mu Zhuoqing, normally a cold, expressionless statue, skillfully pulled him into his arms. He picked up a cookie and held it to Gu Yanxi's mouth, saying gently in a low voice, "Baby, open wide. Here comes the airplane." Gu Yanxi: ? Damn, is the Mu Zhuoqing in this parallel world not quite right in the head?! But still, I'm a cool guy. Cool guys don't eat little bear cookies. One second later: Gu Yanxi: Delicious. Munch, munch. * Mu Zhuoqing had a secret. If he wrote a certain stretch of time from that day into a story, following his own wishes, he could enter the dream world built from it that night and make up for all the things he'd regretted during the day. But one day, Gu Yanxi started looking at him differently. Feeling terribly guilty, Mu Zhuoqing suspected that Gu Yanxi had discovered his dirty little thoughts. He finally resolved to come clean, only to accidentally overhear Gu Yanxi talking in his sleep: "Don't eat any more little bear cookies. I really can't fit any more, Hubby..." Mu Zhuoqing: ?!?! * An interview with our former straight guy, Yan Baby, after the fact: Gu Yanxi: I didn't want to turn gay either, but he called me Baby, so I had to call him Hubby back, just to be polite (*つ/////C) * Soft, sweet, and adorable bottom who thinks he's super cool × top who seems cold and expressionless but is actually a horny obsessive One-on-one, both virgins, sweet romance, happy ending Theme: If you want something, work hard to pursue it. Before you try, anything is possible, so never give up easily.