Sinking

[I've decided! I'll start with this one! Luo Zhen is the bottom, Ji Yuqi is the top, and as always, extreme top fans should proceed with caution.]

Luo Zhen met "him" one rainy evening, in a torrential downpour. In front of the classroom building, "he" offered Luo Zhen, who was quietly waiting for the rain to stop, an umbrella and asked with a gentle smile, "Would you like me to walk you home?"

Luo Zhen loved telling this story to everyone. Ji Yuqi always acted awkward about it, saying Luo Zhen was being cheesy, but deep down, he wished Luo Zhen would love him just a little more every day.

After all, when you saw a person like Teacher Luo, who was gentle yet distant with everyone else, show such passionate love and unconditional indulgence only to you, who could resist falling for him?

Ji Yuqi had always believed that they had fallen in love at first sight, that they were made for each other and meant to live happily together forever.

So, right after graduation, Ji Yuqi carefully prepared a proposal for Luo Zhen's birthday. But Luo Zhen's attitude suddenly turned exceptionally cold.

Luo Zhen stared at him with a gaze devoid of warmth, as if trying to find something through Ji Yuqi. For a moment, he seemed to lose control, and a hatred of unclear origin seeped into his expression.

"Thank you, but I never celebrate my birthday." Luo Zhen's tone was flat, his words brutally direct. "And I've never liked you."

Later, Ji Yuqi, bewildered and on the verge of a breakdown, finally discovered that the other person in Luo Zhen's story about their first meeting had never been him at all.

That "he" was called Shen Qi

Luo Zhen's childhood friend, closest companion, and first love...

The flawless, unforgettable person who died in an accident while doing the right thing on Luo Zhen's seventeenth birthday.

And Ji Yuqi had only been "lucky" enough to steal a glimmer of moonlight by chance...

[The story is told from the bottom's perspective, but the blurb seemed easier to write from the top's. This is a physically exclusive pairing.

The top isn't a childhood friend who was reborn. It's simply a story about a cocky puppy slowly overcoming the deceased white moonlight.

As always, extreme top fans should proceed with caution -3-.]

[Saved on 2022.11.3]

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