A Guide to Caring for the Sickly Beauty

[Opening in November: Sick, But Adorable. The blurb is at the very bottom. If you're interested, come add it to your collection!] Jiang Qirui returned to China on business and ran into an old acquaintance he hadn't seen in years, someone with whom he'd once shared quite a history. Their history was that, back when they were young and clueless, they'd held hands, kissed, and slept together... Well, all but the sleeping part. Later, Jiang Qirui went abroad, and they lost touch. Years later, they met again, and this guy... This guy actually wouldn't leave him alone. He kept insisting that Jiang Qirui was the only person he'd ever held hands with, hugged, and kissed. He'd even only ever slept in the bed at home with Jiang Qirui. With so many firsts belonging to Jiang Qirui, Jiang Qirui had to take responsibility for him. If he didn't want to take responsibility, that was fine too. Then they could finish what they'd left undone back then and sleep together. Jiang Qirui: ... · Song Sixi used to hate Jiang Qirui. He hated him for leaving without a word all those years ago, and for acting so nonchalant when they met again. This man, cold as ice, seemed to have a heart made of ice too. No matter how many years passed or how much Song Sixi tried to warm him, he never thawed. But then Song Sixi learned that Jiang Qirui needed medication to sleep every night. He saw that Jiang Qirui no longer felt emotions as intensely as he had when they were young, and that he was like a flower withering faster and faster, liable to drop its petals in the very next moment. Song Sixi didn't dare hate him anymore. He didn't want to, either. He only wanted to do everything he could to care for that flower, help it bloom again, and bring back the day when Jiang Qirui would smile and call him A Xi, just like he had when they were young. 1. As teenagers: naturally seductive bottom x devoted, restrained loyal puppy As adults: cold-faced, warm-hearted, sickly beauty x composed, witty fox 2. The top pursues the bottom! The top spoils the bottom! 3. The bottom is a little prone to crying, but only in front of the top. He's very aloof around everyone else. 4. Each other's first love / rekindled romance / they only ever had each other. Neither got involved with anyone else or even flirted with anyone during their separation. -- Blurb for Sick, But Adorable Cen Puze took a long vacation, and his younger sister dragged him into working at her milk tea shop near the university. On his first day filling in, a tall, handsome blond-haired, blue-eyed man of mixed heritage walked into the shop. The handsome guy ordered a milk tea with a cold expression, then sat in the shop all day. After that, every day Cen Puze worked there, the guy showed up right on time in the morning and left right on time at night. At first, Cen Puze thought he was using the shop as a study space. But over time, he realized that this guy seemed to keep sneaking glances at him. After he'd been sneaking looks for a whole two weeks, one night, the guy who usually left right on schedule walked up to the counter. With an unbelievably handsome face and an icy expression, he asked Cen Puze, "D-do you... have a boyfriend?" His voice trembled, and he stuttered. Cen Puze thought the kid was pretty interesting, so he teased him. "I do." Who could have guessed that the guy who'd looked so cold just a second ago would get red-eyed and run off on the spot? After that, he stopped coming. Well, if he didn't come, he didn't come. But a few days later, Cen Puze realized the kid hadn't stopped showing up. He'd just switched from peeking at him inside the shop to peeking at him from outside. Whenever he got caught, he'd run off, sprinting like he was about to enter the city's marathon. Cen Puze watched him for a few days, picked an auspicious day, and finally caught him. When the kid still tried to run after being caught, Cen Puze just said, "I don't have a boyfriend." The kid settled down and looked at him with red-rimmed eyes. Cen Puze grabbed him like a cat catching a mouse. "What were you going to say next? I'll give you a chance to say it." The ridiculously handsome mixed-race guy stammered and faltered, then tears suddenly streamed down his face. "W-would you... would you go out with me?" Cen Puze couldn't help laughing. Anyone watching would think he was begging Cen Puze to stop beating him. Still, the kid might have been a little weird, but he was pretty cute. So Cen Puze looked at that easy-on-the-eyes handsome face and replied, "Sure. Let's date." The handsome bottom, 25, who was absolutely certain he was a top, only to suffer a spectacular defeat in life The mixed-race beauty top, 18, who cries a lot and probably does have something a little wrong with him (Wanted to make something where he cries more than his wife gets wet during sex. Not really.) Younger top / older bottom, each other's first love, a light and sweet romance Theme: People shouldn't be defined by labels.