Substitutes Aren't Selling, Save This Goofball!

I'm so, so sorry, but this story kept veering further off course, and I just can't keep writing it. Maybe when my skills improve, I'll see if I can save it. QAQ Sorry, my sweet readers.

* Also known as How to Stay Single When You're Both in Love

Chi Mian is remarkably handsome, but he's only ever watched other people swim in the sea of love. He's never dipped a toe in himself.

By chance, he meets Yu Mingge, a noble and handsome man as lofty as fresh snow on a mountain peak. At last, Chi Mian can't stop his heart from stirring. But just as he cautiously sticks a toe in, a huge wave nearly knocks him over.

It turns out Yu Mingge treats him as someone special because he looks a lot like Yu Mingge's beloved white moonlight.

Chi Mian folds his hands behind his back and sighs gravely. "Forget it. They say wise people don't fall in love. It seems this clever brain of mine is destined to stay a landlubber in the sea of love!"

Chi Mian makes a quick retreat, but Yu Mingge suddenly offers to hire him as a stand-in for his white moonlight.

Chi Mian: Don't even ask. I've closed my heart to love and am retreating to a monastery!

Yu Mingge: Meals and lodging included, five kinds of insurance and a housing fund, an annual salary of a million. You won't have to do anything except eat, drink, and have fun.

Chi Mian: ? I'm back in the secular world, thanks.

*

One day after they begin living together, Yu Mingge comes down with a rare low fever. His long lashes droop, giving him an unusual air of vulnerability.

Lying in bed with a fever-reducing towel Chi Mian placed on his forehead, he drifts in and out of consciousness. He feels Chi Mian's focused gaze on him, and a soft, cool sensation trembling slightly against the tip of his nose.

Yu Mingge: !!! He's sneaking a kiss! This little stand-in likes me!

#No need to be so sneaky#

#Since you like me so much, I suppose I could like you too#

#Let's keep the wedding low-key. I don't really like crowds#

Chi Mian looks at the Squidward nose he'd secretly stuck to Yu Mingge's nose and shakes with suppressed laughter. "Hahaha, Squidward's so funny. Quick, let me take a photo!"

*

A story about two childish, silly idiots tentatively poking their heads out and falling in love.

They casually inch closer, making little noises and not daring to let anyone know.

Elementary-school romance is the best romance! (They're adults, not actual elementary school students.)

[Carefree, sunny, adorable bottom x Proud, self-absorbed, tsundere, dignified top who refuses to admit what he feels]

[Reading Guide]

1. An innocent, first-love, silly sweet romance. The leads only have eyes for each other.

2. A fake-stand-in story with no tragic love-hate drama, just silliness.

3. It really is extremely silly!!!

Theme: Find your purpose in life and realize your own potential.