We [Have a Crush]

Su Tu was reserved and rational, always in control of herself.

The one time she lost control was on New Year's Eve, when she had nowhere to go. Drunk and out of it, she made a phone call and rambled until dawn. In the end, it all came down to one sentence: "I think I don't have a home anymore."

After sobering up, she couldn't remember the conversation clearly. She only vaguely recalled talking to someone for a long time.

But when she checked her phone, she couldn't find any call records to confirm it.

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Six months later, Su Tu's interior design studio received a strange commission.

The client was Shi Shu, who had just won the 100-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships. A key member of the national swimming team and its captain, he was the team's undisputed mainstay.

When asked what he wanted from the home's design, he replied as cleanly and decisively as he attacked the finish line: "Design it to feel like home."

Su Tu assumed he simply had no idea what he wanted.

When she suggested adding each other as friends to make it easier to communicate, she discovered that he had already been in her contacts for who knew how long. Their chat contained one particularly striking entry: [Call duration: 257:19]

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After several rounds of discussion failed to produce a design that suited him, Su Tu tactfully asked, "Have you considered living with someone? That would make the place feel like home."

"Hmm." Shi Shu nodded in agreement, then glanced at her without giving anything away. "But what if she doesn't want to?"

*No real-life inspiration. Please don't speculate about real people.

*Blurb saved and screenshot on 2024.9.26 as proof.

Theme: Devotion to one person.