After the Breakup, My Secret Crush Begged for Me Back

New story, The Senior Isn't Well-Behaved. The blurb is at the bottom. If you're interested, feel free to add it to your collection~

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[The top who loves deeply but is too stubborn to admit it X the bottom who is never favored but stands strong on his own]

Si Han was born a soft blade: decisive and swift in action. His motto is, "Life is short. Do it right the first time."

So he could secretly love his reserved neighbor's older brother, Xie Keyu, for a whole ten years.

Xie Keyu was five years older than him, so he never took Si Han's devotion seriously.

And Xie Keyu seemed so far out of reach that Si Han never dared express what he wanted.

After the bloody turmoil between the Xie and Si families that year, Si Han confessed while Xie Keyu was in a good mood. All he got in return was, "We only slept together once. Don't flatter yourself."

Si Han made up his mind on the spot: he would leave and pursue his dreams. Then, five years later, an anonymous letter summoned him back: "Xie Keyu is getting married."

But when he hurried home, a funeral was waiting for him...

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Xie Keyu comes from a complicated family, and his ties to the Si family are impossible to sever. Gradually, his temperament changes completely.

He hates every plant and blade of grass, every thing and every person in the world equally, but he can't bring himself to face the neighbor boy who follows him around all day.

Countless times, he puts Si Han in mortal danger, even luring him into bed to get what he wants. Yet Si Han keeps coming back with an ingratiating smile. Even later, when Si Han betrays his own people and is spurned by them, he still stands firmly by Xie Keyu.

It isn't until Si Han confesses to him that Xie Keyu realizes how easy it is to lose him.

The last words of his benefactor expose the feelings he can't face: "Si Han isn't the problem. Your feelings for him are."

After a long silence, Xie Keyu turns to Si Han, whose appearance hasn't changed after five years apart, and asks, "Can we go back to how things were?"

Si Han smiles calmly. "But I never waste time on the same person twice."

A friendly heads-up:

1. The plot gets a little ridiculous, with some fun mixed into the main story. The bottom's family is full of weirdos, so go easy on them.

2. A story about how hopelessly in love Xie is (seriously, I'm crying), but no love-brain nonsense: Si Han is here to set an example!

3. The top has his reasons. They'll be revealed bit by bit later on.

4. Blurb written on 2023.07.08.

Blurb for the new story below

[The younger top gently coaxes and tricks his way into winning him over X an irresistibly tempting bottom who looks like a little rabbit but is really a cat with claws]

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In his second year of high school, the handsome heartthrob of the affiliated school, Song Xun, sets his sights on an older student.

The senior has skin as smooth as jade and a soft, delicate appearance. He's known throughout the school as a model student.

Then one day, Song Xun sees him throw a gift from a classmate into the trash and realizes that he acts distant and indifferent toward everyone.

Out of curiosity, Song Xun begins sending him anonymous letters, but the senior never replies.

The day before the senior's college entrance exam, Song Xun finds his neat, handsome handwriting inside a dictionary.

"I'm tired. Thank you."

Staring at the period that has appeared at the end of a message for the first time, Song Xun feels his heart quiver, his nose stinging...

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Song Xun had thought Shi Xiao was a natural pushover, someone anyone could manipulate.

Until five years after graduation, when Song Xun sees him again in a dark alley.

The usually well-behaved Shi Xiao beats three thugs who were harassing him until they are bloody and begging for mercy, shocking Song Xun to the core...

Shi Xiao curses up a storm, wipes the blood from his face, then leisurely pulls out a cigarette and puts it in his mouth.

Suddenly, he senses someone watching him. He turns around and sees Song Xun, so surprised that the cigarette nearly falls to the ground.

Song Xun: "Senior, so you've really fallen this far."

Shi Xiao's eyes redden at those words. Before he can answer, Song Xun continues in a quiet voice,

"I've been looking for you for a long time. Now that you're done playing around, come home with me."

[If I'd known someone as wonderful as you would appear in this world, I wouldn't have lived such a messed-up life.]

Theme: Weather the storm together, and find a rainbow afterward.