No, It's Love [SamYU]

[Warning: SamYU real-person shipping, with plenty of wishful thinking.]

One song delivery, and somehow he ended up giving away his whole life?

Yang Yuteng never expected things to get so absurd.

With a courage he'd never felt before, he plunged into a circle he'd never had any contact with, hitting walls, growing disappointed, and waiting...

Just as he began to doubt and waver over his future, one day his song was selected by a production crew, and he was asked to deliver the master recording.

He thought it would be a simple trip. Little did he know that this journey would completely change his life.

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Half a lifetime after his debut, he was still an unknown when he returned. Lin Zihong often used that line to poke fun at himself. Honestly, his career had been rocky enough that sometimes he wondered if he truly wasn't cut out for show business.

Confusion, insomnia, an uncertain future...

Then one day, he got a role in a drama.

And that drama would directly shape the rest of his life.

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Before the show aired, no one understood how helpless they felt.

They gave everything they had to create a feast for the eyes and ears. Luckily, fate smiled on them, and the show became an instant hit.

Yang Yuteng became the nation's sweetheart for a time, winning countless fans.

Lin Zihong became popular again, with a flood of new fans.

But when Lin Zihong looked into Yang Yuteng's eyes, he suddenly couldn't tell what was on or off screen. He only knew that this was someone he was meant to love.

During the promotional period, he asked himself countless times: This is fan service. This is fan service. Lin Zihong, you have to be professional.

But every time he looked into Yang Yuteng's eyes, he saw how completely Yang trusted him.

They seemed like lovers.

And yet they both knew perfectly well that they weren't lovers.

Only in the dead of night would they remember the arms that had held each other tight, the warmth they'd shared, and the countless intoxicating kisses...

Were they really not lovers?

At the beginning, they weren't lovers.

At the end, they were. They were lovers.

[An apparently sweet little kitten who's actually a flirtatious little fox x a silly, loyal, dad-like boyfriend]

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[Reading notes]

1. RPS, modern setting, told in chronological order. Some elements overlap with real promotional materials, but much of the plot is fictional, and the alternate characterization is extremely extensive!

2. Please do not apply this to the real people! Please do not apply this to the real people! Please do not apply this to the real people!

3. There will be OOC characterization, extremely OOC. Don't read if you can't accept that!

4. Not dual POV, mainly YU's POV (a personal preference, so don't read if you dislike it).

5. My writing is very, very, very average! I just like the two of them too much. You can criticize my writing, but don't say anything bad about my boys!

6. They both start out straight and fall for each other, but in my version one of them has already broken up with someone. The time they spend together is entirely at my own pace! Don't read if you dislike that.

7. I'm a CPF, a CPF, a CPF!

Theme: A boy's heart skips a beat for a moment, and stays that way forever