A Guide to the First Love of a Clingy Puppy

[Currently updating: Just Say You Like Me! A Time-Travel Romance. See the blurb at the end. Please add it to your collection!] On the way home from school, Cupid hurriedly picked the most intimidating-looking person on the entire street and ducked under his umbrella. Cupid: Bro, they say a distant relative can't beat a good neighbor. I'm only asking you for this one favor. Xia Yu: ? Cupid turned around to face his friends and introduced him: This is my boyfriend! Xia Yu, who worked the night shift year-round, had finally managed to go out during the day, only to get tangled up with the high schooler who lived across the hall. With his head of natural curls, Cupid kept showing up to bring him ginger soup, mooch off his Wi-Fi, or beg him to do some favor, looking pitiful every time. Looking into those big, round eyes, Xia Yu's heart softened, and he gave in a few times. One day, Cupid had barely stepped inside when the residential compound went into lockdown, and neighbors were forbidden from visiting each other. He shrugged. Bro, looks like we'll be living together for a while. Xia Yu's right eyelid twitched. Why does this kid look so happy about it? Living under someone else's roof, Cupid became a meek little sad sack. He slept on the sofa, squeezed in at the coffee table, and attended online classes with cheap headphones, calling him "Brother Xia Yu" every other sentence. All bark and a soft heart, Xia Yu gave up his main bedroom, sacrificed his dining table, and even became Cupid's personal tutor. What he didn't know was that Cupid was taking over his bed and table, and had his heart in his sights too. Xia Yu: No, not until you've finished your college entrance exams... Usually optimistic, Cupid instantly turned gloomy. Fine. I won't bother you ever again... Xia Yu pressed his lips together. Couldn't he at least try to persuade him a little more?! Before he knew it, Cupid had gradually squeezed his way into Xia Yu's tightly sealed world. Cupid was sincere and open, and the more he pestered Xia Yu, the more bearable life became. When the college entrance exams were over, the big puppy finally got promoted to Xia Yu's bona fide boyfriend. Snap! Cupid's arrow pierced both their hearts at once! [Cheerful, sunny high schooler gong x disillusioned, world-weary adult shou] Side couple blurb: To stop my mom from remarrying, I decided to get my stepfather's son first. People-pleasing, sweet-on-the-outside-and-dark-within, mad-dog gong x puts-the-bigger-picture-first, gentle and capable older-brother shou (Younger gong, a little melodramatic, not incest, not first person) * Cupid is the gong. He is already an adult when they first meet, and the story begins when he is a high schooler. * Both the main and side couples' stories are told from the gong's perspective. Both gongs are high schoolers and friends with each other. * Original title: Summer Encounter with Cupid Currently updating daily: Just Say You Like Me. Please add it to your collection! Before the release of his new album, Li Li suddenly learned that his best friend, Cheng Sijin, had died. For ten years, Cheng Sijin had been by his side as he went from an unknown nobody to a star. But on the very day he was at the height of his fame, Cheng Sijin plunged into the deep sea and took his own life. Li Li finally broke down and sobbed on the spot. He thought nothing could hurt more, until he found the diary among Cheng Sijin's belongings. It turned out Cheng Sijin had been secretly in love with him all these years. He'd taken the long way around to walk Li Li home, accompanied him to the big city to make a living, and even had one of Li Li's casual doodles tattooed on his body... Cheng Sijin had loved Li Li so quietly for ten years, never daring to let him know, even until the day he died. Waking up with the diary in his arms, Li Li was shocked to discover he'd transmigrated back to the start of his sophomore year of high school. Ten years ago, he'd helped transfer student Cheng Sijin move his desk and chair, and Cheng Sijin had started to fall for him. But this time, Li Li was late. By the time he entered the classroom, Cheng Sijin was already sitting in the corner of the back row. Li Li's nose stung. He strode over and hugged Cheng Sijin, whom he had lost and regained, tightly. But the other boy warily pushed him away. "Classmate, please show some respect." That's right. Cheng Sijin in this timeline was different. He didn't like Li Li at all... Li Li: Then I'll make you fall for me all over again! The [Cheng Sijin Capture Plan] is officially underway! -- With support from a student aid program, impoverished Cheng Sijin transferred to an elite high school. He'd planned to keep a low profile and finish his studies, but on the very first day, the prettiest boy in class cheerfully wiped a huge glob of snot on his shoulder. Li Li was kind not only to him, but to his family as well. Life was dark and dreary, but Li Li could always find something bright and shining to share with him. Until the day the usually sunny, little-sunshine-like Li Li began to cry, his eyes red and his delicate brows tightly knitted. He asked, "Cheng Sijin, can't you just like me a little?" Cheng Sijin had nowhere left to retreat. Just as he was about to nod, he faintly saw himself driving a car out of control, plunging off a sea cliff. At that moment, he had clearly been racing to save someone incredibly important... -- "Where one person alone might perish, two people together can be saved." Traveling back and forth between two timelines, Cheng Sijin found Li Li amid the vast chaos and held his hand tight. --Don't be afraid, Li Li. This time, I'll be the one to hold on to you. Cheng Sijin x Li Li [Reserved, insecure, passive gong x cocky, direct, sweet little darling shou] * The line beginning "Where one person" is quoted from the French novelist Balzac. Theme: We are so small, yet so lucky to be able to love ourselves and to have the ability to love.