Dream of You a Little Longer

[Tsundere x proud and prickly; my lost love became my wife after losing her memories; switch couple; reunion from the start.]

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[Blurb 1]

For all three years of high school, Lan Ze and Lin Wangshu were inseparable friends, one gloomy and reserved, the other radiant.

They shared countless secrets during the nights they spent in the same bed.

But Lan Ze had one secret she never confessed: she was in love with Lin Wangshu.

For three years, she stayed by her side as a friend, secretly loving her all the while.

After the college entrance exams, Lan Ze planned to reveal her last secret.

But Lin Wangshu blurted out first, “You're my very best friend. When I get married someday, you have to be my maid of honor.”

Lan Ze fell silent for a few seconds, then smiled and agreed. She gave up on confessing, and cut off contact with her as soon as she turned away.

[Blurb 2]

After ten years without contact, Lan Ze felt nothing for Lin Wangshu anymore. And yet she dreamed of her at least once a month, sometimes of holding hands on a walk, sometimes of kissing and embracing, sometimes of making love.

Sometimes she would sink into her dreams and refuse to wake up. Other times, she suffered so much that she begged the heavens to stop tormenting her. She truly didn't want to dream about that girl anymore.

Countless times, as she woke from a dream, she picked up her phone and opened the familiar profile, but never reached out.

When you love someone but cannot have them, not disturbing their life is the last kindness you can offer.

[Blurb 3]

Ten years later, they met again. After a car accident left Lin Wangshu with amnesia, she told Lan Ze, “Dr. Lan, I'm your girlfriend of ten years.”

Lan Ze sneered. “Hah. You hit your head too hard.”

She really had hit her head too hard.

Not only did she claim to be Lan Ze's girlfriend, she moved into her little apartment and acted like they were dating. She got jealous when someone confessed to Lan Ze and demanded to know where she was going...

Lan Ze didn't want to argue with a patient who'd lost her mind. She planned to go their separate ways again once Lin Wangshu recovered her memories.

People who love too deeply can't be friends.

Until one day, Lan Ze found a love letter Lin Wangshu had written to her when she was eighteen.

“I dream about you every month. In my dreams, we're a couple, doing everything couples are supposed to do. I want to stay in the dream with you a little longer.”

[A story of mutual secret crushes and two people finding their way to each other.]

Note added 2025.02.20

Premise: Sincerity should never be taken for granted; meet sincerity with sincerity