Weren't We Supposed to Be Best Friends? [Sports]

[The completed novel next door: My Scheming Childhood Friend Keeps Getting Found Out Again. A school romance about an old flame reunited, with a sweet-and-sour vibe. If you're interested, please add it to your library, dear readers! QwQ Please~]

[Coming soon: The Demon Lord Is Addicted to Master-Disciple Play. A shameless immortal revered as the unrequited love versus a very serious substitute demon lord. The victims of the unrequited love and the substitute form an alliance, constantly acting for each other and happily dishing out sweetness. The blurb is below. If you're interested, please add it to your library~]

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[Blurb]

One day, Wu Xiao transmigrated from a Republican-era young master obsessed with playing with guns into a promising young competitive swimmer in the modern era.

But he was a nineteen-year veteran landlubber who had never even been in the water.

After a bout of misery, Wu Xiao suddenly realized that "he" had just been in a car accident. His legs were disabled, so he couldn't swim anymore.

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While everyone else lamented the tragedy, Wu Xiao was gleefully rolling back and forth on his hospital bed.

"This is great! I never have to swim again. I'm switching to shooting!"

Outside the room, Ling Xuan's hand hovered in midair as he knocked. He pulled out his phone and seriously searched:

How do you comfort a mentally unstable person with a disability?

What do you do when your teammate's brain breaks after a car accident? (PS: He didn't hit his head.)

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Wu Xiao discovered that his genius teammate wasn't as aloof, arrogant, and indifferent as the rumors claimed. Ling Xuan was not only handsome, he kindly helped him into bed and even sent him 500 yuan to listen to his comeback plan.

What a great guy! It'd be a shame not to become close friends! The kind of friends who stay together for life!

Later, the bond Wu Xiao had thought unshakably platonic gradually changed.

Ling Xuan's hands are so fair. I want to hold them.

Ling Xuan's waist is so slim. I want to hug him.

Ling Xuan's lips are so soft. I want to kiss him.

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Later still, Wu Xiao slowly fell for him and began a series of sweet-talking schemes.

"You're my close friend. You're different from everyone else."

"Holding hands is perfectly normal between close friends."

"Hugging is perfectly normal between close friends."

Beneath a ginkgo tree, Ling Xuan's legs went weak after being kissed. "Is kissing normal between close friends too?"

Wu Xiao covered his misty eyes and kissed him again. "More normal than anything."

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Ling Xuan thought Wu Xiao had become very strange after the accident. He was always asking to hold hands, hug, or even kiss, yet despite all their intimacy, he insisted they were just close friends.

During one kiss, Ling Xuan put a finger between their lips. "I don't want to be just your close friend."

Wu Xiao's lips curled into a smile as he gently bit his fingertip. "How about being more than close friends? Be my boyfriend?"

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After his leg healed, Wu Xiao finally stood again. With his tall, upright figure, he won an Olympic gold medal.

In a post-event interview, Wu Xiao said "modestly," "Can't help it. I got good at shooting, and my wife can't get away either."

Ling Xuan, who had also won a gold medal, happened to pass by and glanced up at "the smug little Wu dog with his tail in the air" on the podium.

Wu Xiao spotted his little boyfriend in the bustling crowd and quickly put on a well-behaved smile, then declared righteously, "My wife... No! My close friend keeps me in line, so I can shoot well!"

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Little bonus scenes~

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When he was discharged, Wu Xiao faced the cameras with a composed expression.

Reporter: "Is there anything you'd like to say to Ling Xuan?"

Wu Xiao: "I'll meet you at the top by another route."

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After watching the qualifying-round video, Ling Xuan knocked on Wu Xiao's door with his older brother, an expert in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.

Ling Xuan: "I want to introduce you to my brother..."

Wu Xiao: "I'm not planning to date anyone right now."

Ling Xuan: "To treat your leg."

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Beside the pool, Ling Xuan watched Wu Xiao sink to the bottom like a submarine and fell into deep thought.

Wu Xiao: "Do you believe I'm a landlubber, or that I came from the Republican era, or that I like you?"

Ling Xuan: "I believe I've eaten hot pot with a giant panda."

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In a museum, all the guns Wu Xiao had once treasured were on display in glass cases.

Ling Xuan: "I heard their owner was a good-for-nothing, useless playboy."

Wu Xiao: "He did have some good points!"

Ling Xuan: "Such as?"

Wu Xiao: "Being handsome. Does that count?"

[An apparently hot-blooded, chuunibyou, secretly sensitive crybaby seme x an apparently aloof and arrogant, secretly gentle and adorably socially awkward uke]

PS: The seme's crybaby trait means he tears up easily. He occasionally cries when touched, then stubbornly denies it.

1. Information about the sports comes from the internet, and this story includes many author-created details.

2. The sports are shooting (seme) and swimming (uke).

3. The seme's leg will heal midway through the story. (It has healed.)

4. Bonus scenes will appear randomly in the author's notes.

5. There isn't much sports competition in the story. The seme and uke's everyday romance gets more attention. If it's not sweet enough, you can hit me.

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Here's a blurb for an upcoming novel. If you're interested, dear readers, please add it to your library.

I'm Really Back to Beat You Up

Wen Xueshi was a top-tier esports pro at the height of his career when his teammates betrayed him. After his team terminated his contract, he was heartbroken and jumped into the deep sea.

When he woke up again, Wen Xueshi discovered he had transmigrated back to high school. Back then, he had been a delinquent who caused trouble, indirectly leading to his mother's death in a car accident and his father's death from grief.

This time, Wen Xueshi decided to "turn over a new leaf" and teach his past self how to behave.

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On the first day after transmigrating, Wen Xueshi rescued Ci Lin, who was surrounded by thugs in an abandoned factory.

Ci Lin sat slumped on the ground, wiping blood from the corner of his mouth. "Mind your own business."

Wen Xueshi planted a foot on him, grabbed his blond hair, and said coldly, "Dye it black. And pay me protection money."

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On the second day after transmigrating, Wen Xueshi waited outside an internet cafe for Ci Lin, carrying a huge bag of workbooks.

Ci Lin angrily knocked the books over. "Are you crazy? I'm not doing them."

Wen Xueshi immediately slapped him. "Pick them up. Do them."

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On the third day after transmigrating, Wen Xueshi caught Ci Lin trying to skip class by climbing over the school wall.

Ci Lin clung to the top of the wall and yelled, "Why are you haunting me?"

Wen Xueshi knocked him down with a stick. "Get back to class."

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On the Nth day after transmigrating, Wen Xueshi was supervising Ci Lin as usual while he worked through practice problems. But Ci Lin still hadn't picked up his pen. He just looked at Wen Xueshi with hopeful eyes.

Wen Xueshi: "Don't look at me. Look at the questions."

Ci Lin: "Did you forget something?"

Wen Xueshi: "?"

Ci Lin: "You haven't beaten me up yet."

Wen Xueshi: "..."

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Later, Ci Lin got into a university he liked. When Wen Xueshi went with him to register, he unexpectedly ran into the teammate who had betrayed him in his previous life.

Ye Xiqian greeted him with his phone in hand. "Hey, can I add you on WeChat?"

Wen Xueshi felt nothing but disgust and was about to refuse when Ci Lin pulled him into his arms from behind. "Don't call him that. He's my brother, and he doesn't add people on WeChat."

Theme: If one road is blocked, take another.