The Kitten Communication Button

* Skin Hunger Syndrome vs. a Kissing Fiend * Low-energy office drone vs. a big Russian puppy of a man, 177 cm × 201 cm Xu Jinxing is handsome and exceptionally capable, but strangely cold by nature. Most coworkers who try to get close to him are eventually driven away by his distant attitude. No one knows that Xu Jinxing suffers from severe skin hunger syndrome. To hide it, he has lived alone for years. But lately, his savings have been running low, and he can barely afford the rent. Xu Jinxing: "..." O-O He urgently needs a roommate who won't talk to him or touch him, just a useful body to split the rent. - His new roommate is named Chi Jiangqing. A Chinese-Russian mechanic who has just returned from abroad, he's nearly two meters tall, with a muscular build and an imposing presence. At their first meeting, Xu Jinxing feels like he and this man have completely incompatible energies. But that doesn't matter. What matters is that Chi Jiangqing isn't good at Chinese and is busy with work. He perfectly fits Xu Jinxing's requirements: no contact, no conversation. Xu Jinxing is very satisfied. Later, he realizes he spoke too soon. On the day his skin hunger syndrome gets out of control, the two of them unexpectedly run into each other. Xu Jinxing's cheeks are flushed. He forces his eyes open and warns him, "Don't get involved." But Chi Jiangqing simply picks him up. Xu Jinxing is furious. Does this guy not understand plain speech? Before he can say anything else, the man suddenly leans closer, his clumsy accent carrying a hint of ingratiation. "Xingxing, did I do it right?" Xu Jinxing: "..." Oh no. This guy really doesn't understand. - After that, Chi Jiangqing seems to have gotten the wrong idea. Whenever Xu Jinxing is at home, no matter what the other man is doing, he comes straight over to him. Hand-holding, hugging... With the language barrier and communication so difficult, Xu Jinxing can only keep giving ground. And in stark contrast to his increasingly lax boundaries, his skin hunger syndrome grows more and more severe. Xu Jinxing decides to find an opportunity to end their shared lease. Then the next day, he heads to the office as usual for a team meeting. At the conference table, his long-absent boss is giving a summary in fluent, standard Chinese, with clear reasoning. He looks exactly like the roommate who can't understand a word anyone says. Xu Jinxing: "..." This is so annoying, but for the life of him, he can't figure out why. *Bonus scene: While they were sharing a lease but hadn't confirmed their relationship yet, the thing they bought most often for the house was actually pet communication buttons. Buttons made for communicating with kittens became the way the two of them communicated. The buttons Chi Jiangqing used most often said "like," "kiss," "miss you," and "play together." Taking advantage of his poor Chinese and their cultural differences, he deliberately looked for chances to touch Xu Jinxing. Xu Jinxing couldn't be bothered to respond. After they got together, Xu Jinxing became the one who used the buttons most often. "Don't," "No," and the most helpless safe word of all, "kiss," could often be heard all around the house. [Low-energy, cold-faced, adorable, oblivious bottom vs. affectionate, scheming, shameless, straightforward top] #After accidentally discovering my aloof roommate's secret... ^^ we held each other tight *Before you read [1] Both are virgins, and each other's first love / pretty bottom and beefy top / top has a secret crush / top pursues bottom A bottom who has no idea how to take care of himself meets a top who knows exactly how to take care of his wife. [2] Written to indulge my tastes: traditional size and skin-tone difference, 177 cm × 201 cm Note: The story may contain lots of physical contact, sweet talk, descriptions of the bottom's reactions, and skin hunger syndrome throughout. [3] The bottom has mild avoidant personality disorder. But there's zero chance of him avoiding the top, because the top is anxious, aggressive, and the break-in-and-rob-you type. No side couples. The blurb was screenshotted and archived on April 27, 2025. For high-resolution illustrations and Live2D, visit Weibo: @Zhe Mianmian ----Coming Soon---- "Are You Sick Again?" Blurb: Yun Miao is a country bumpkin from a rural village. After working hard to get into college on a scholarship, he moves into a mixed-gender dorm. On the day he arrives, he stands awkwardly by the door in a worn summer outfit washed yellow with age. He looks as country as can be, yet the sun has left his little face rosy and so fresh it practically glistens. For a long moment, no one says a word. Only the tall young man beside the empty bed takes his luggage and says calmly, "Come in." - The little country bumpkin can't afford to rent a place off campus. So even though his roommates don't seem to welcome him, Yun Miao decides to try to get along with them. Especially Zhou Suwu, the kind person who helped carry his luggage. He hears that Zhou Suwu has a strange illness. Yun Miao is timid and doesn't know how to show kindness, so he secretly follows the way people in his village do things to care for Zhou Suwu. He mends his old clothes, slips food into his backpack... and when Zhou Suwu is burning up in the middle of the night and seems to have a fever, Yun Miao presses his face to his and lets him hold on to cool down. Just as expected, they grow closer! But Zhou Suwu says he doesn't want to take advantage of him, so he puts a price on every kind gesture. Even when Yun Miao refuses, he finds a way to give him an even more expensive gift as payment. And somehow, their face-to-face treatment gradually changes into something else. They hold hands and hug, and sometimes, when the illness gets bad, they need to be even more intimate. Yun Miao thinks that if things continue like this, they'll definitely become good friends. But a few days later, a classmate tells him that Zhou Suwu actually has severe germophobia and hates anyone touching his things. Yun Miao freezes. "Then what if I touch him?" His classmate gives him a meaningful look. "Good luck." - After that, Yun Miao avoids Zhou Suwu for several days. The little country bumpkin knows he's messed up, and starts racking his brains for a way to mend their friendship before it falls apart. He's already opened the gifts Zhou Suwu gave him, so he can't return them, but he doesn't have any money... In the end, after spotting a maid café hiring notice on the campus bulletin board, Yun Miao decides to earn the money back with a part-time job. Only to turn around and find Zhou Suwu blocking his way inside the café. The man's face is dark, and he seems genuinely furious with him. "..." Yun Miao glances at the man's arms, each thicker than his thigh. Wearing a traditional black-and-white maid dress, he grabs one of his fingers and plays dumb, all timid and sheepish. "A-are you sick again?" So slow on the uptake, so clueless. His face is practically about to get bitten, and he's still eagerly leaning in. *Bonus scene: Yun Miao feels like his classmate lied to him. Finger-biting, cheek-biting... If Yun Miao didn't protest so loudly, Zhou Suwu would probably want to carry him everywhere, even outside. That doesn't sound at all like the germophobia people talk about online. The man in front of him doesn't deny it. He raises his eyebrows and moves in for a kiss. Yun Miao hurriedly covers his mouth, so the man kisses his fingertips instead and laughs hoarsely. "Good boy, why are you disgusted by your own things?" A pretty, oblivious bottom who doesn't know he's being reeled in × a tough guy who keeps denying his feelings until he becomes a lovesick, wife-devoted top [Important: Read Before Starting] 1. One-on-one romance, both are virgins, happy ending. 2. A huge difference in size and skin tone between the top and bottom: 170 cm × 194 cm. A couple who constantly talk past each other. The bottom is a complete dummy when it comes to romance, while the top really is sick, with an oral fixation and skin hunger syndrome. Theme: Mutual understanding helps maintain a healthy relationship.