The Moon Has Fallen Asleep

Strawberry Popping Candy | Mischievous, timid girl x aloof, secretly ruthless guy | Pseudo-incest

-

One day, a new "older brother" suddenly moves into Cheng Yunyin's home.

"Yunyin, this is He Jun, the son of your father's comrade. He's just moved in. You can treat him like your real brother, so don't feel pressured."

His family has run into trouble, so the Cheng family takes him in.

Later, the girl falls in love for the first time, infatuated with someone she shouldn't be.

She writes all her outrageous thoughts in her diary.

- [I love my brother so much. His lips look so kissable.]

But an "older brother" is still an "older brother." He can't become her lover, and all of Cheng Yunyin's thoughts about him remain nothing more than shameless fantasies in her diary.

He Jun treats her well, just like a real brother: caring for her, looking after her, protecting her, and making sure she doesn't date too early and let it interfere with her studies.

Later, when he leaves to study abroad, Cheng Yunyin says goodbye with red-rimmed eyes and asks when he'll be back.

But He Jun only gently and politely tells her to study hard and grow up well.

Cheng Yunyin thinks he's distancing himself from her.

No, perhaps he was never truly close to her in the first place.

-

Four years later, He Jun graduates and returns home. They still maintain a relationship that will absolutely never cross the line.

Cheng Yunyin locks her diary away in a drawer and settles into being his "little sister."

On the day she finally gives up on loving him, she dresses up to go on a date with a suitor, only to have her older brother block her path.

In his hand is her scandalously bold diary.

Cheng Yunyin stares at him in shock, wanting to say, "Hear me out," "Brother, our parents said we're real siblings!" and "I absolutely don't have any improper thoughts about you."

But the next second, he pins her against the door. He Jun looks down at her.

"Come on, then. Where do you want to kiss me? And how?"

Then he tears her pretty dress to shreds, and she can no longer go on her date. He Jun still smiles gently and calmly, just as politely as he did when he said goodbye all those years ago.

"Come here. Your brother can teach you."

-- [The moon has fallen asleep, but I can see you.]

* "Siblings" become lovers under their parents' noses

* Pseudo-incest, both are each other's first and only

* Strawberry mint candy recipe: tangy-sweet hard candy with a light mint flavor.

Theme: Never give up hope