My Childhood Friend Can't Possibly Be This Clingy

A skin-hunger-syndrome sufferer who's arrogant and all bluster until he gets scared x a scheming, gentle, calculating top

Lin Yan moved in next door to Huo Yuxing when he was five. From then on, they ate from the same bowl, slept in the same bed, and even wore the same pair of pants.

Huo Yuxing was kind and handsome. Even when Lin Yan bullied him, he never complained. He would only rub Lin Yan's head and gently tell him to behave.

Until then, Lin Yan thought he and Huo Yuxing would always be best friends, like brothers.

Things first changed when Lin Yan suddenly found himself wanting to touch Huo Yuxing, to get close to him and have him hold him in his arms.

At first, Lin Yan didn't think much of it. But before long, things got out of hand. He started staring at Huo Yuxing's lips, secretly brushing his fingers over Huo Yuxing's skin, and even swallowing as he watched Huo Yuxing's Adam's apple bob.

Lin Yan thought he must be a pervert inside, so he went to the hospital for an examination. He stared at the words "skin hunger syndrome" on his psychological assessment report, trembling all over.

Lin Yan: I'm not normal!

Huo Yuxing fell for Lin Yan the first time he saw him.

Lin Yan was tiny then, crouching on the steps. July sunlight lingered on his head, and his thick eyelashes seemed to have a butterfly resting on them. He was as pretty as a delicate doll.

One glance was enough to make Huo Yuxing's heart pound. He felt dizzy, as if he had a fever.

Huo Yuxing grew up alongside Lin Yan, and his feelings for him only grew stronger. He didn't dare confess. Lin Yan was timid and cried easily, and Huo Yuxing was afraid of frightening his childhood friend and losing even their friendship.

So he secretly hid his feelings away, thinking that when the time came, he would bury them in the ground for good.

Until one day, his beautiful childhood friend suddenly leaned in close and looked at him without a hint of wariness. His rosy lips parted, and what he said made Huo Yuxing's face burn and his heart race.

He said:

"Huo Yuxing."

"Can I kiss you?"

Lin Yan discovers that his condition only seems to flare up around Huo Yuxing.

When Huo Yuxing isn't around, he's fine. But whenever Huo Yuxing appears, Lin Yan feels as if the man has magnets attached to him, constantly pulling him closer.

Lin Yan can't believe it. He starts to raise his hand to touch someone else, just to test his theory.

But before he can reach them, his childhood friend grabs his hand and holds it tight.

The usually gentle, easygoing Huo Yuxing's expression darkens. He leaves marks on Lin Yan's fair wrist and grits his teeth.

"Try touching him again."

Childhood friends x childhood friends, sweet little everyday moments

Very, very, very sweet

If the shou hadn't suddenly developed skin hunger syndrome, this would have been a pure-love-warrior story.

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