Goofy, sunshine-bright, straight guy bottom x reserved, devoted, dark top
One day, Zhu Youchuan begins having intermittent dreams.
He dreams that the world he lives in is a chaotic, melodramatic, angsty BL novel with plenty of N* scenes, where all kinds of men engage in messy relationships and emotional entanglements.
And the protagonist getting taken advantage of is his beloved childhood friend, Lou Heting.
As a straight man of ironclad convictions, Zhu Youchuan wakes up with a shrill scream.
"It's fake! It has to be fake!"
But as his dreams gradually begin to overlap with reality, Zhu Youchuan finally resolves to protect his dear childhood friend Lou Heting's precious virtue.
Zhu Youchuan: "Hey, homie, your dad's here to save you!"
Step one: Keep the men in that book away from his childhood friend.
Lou Heting makes eye contact with someone for more than five seconds.
Zhu Youchuan wedges himself between them. "What are you doing? No staring at each other in broad daylight!"
Lou Heting lowers his eyes and secretly watches him.
Step two: Be a good third wheel.
Whenever someone appears in the same frame as Lou Heting, Zhu Youchuan is sure to show up beside him.
Someone puts an arm around Lou Heting's shoulders.
Zhu Youchuan knocks their arm away. "Why are you getting handsy???"
Lou Heting silently slips an arm around his shoulders instead.
Step three: Get involved himself...?!
Zhu Youchuan wakes in the middle of the night and touches the lips Lou Heting kissed. "Damn, how did I end up getting involved? Aren't I straight?!"
Half-asleep, Lou Heting puts an arm around his waist and murmurs reassuringly, "Another nightmare...?"
Lou Heting has known Zhu Youchuan for seventeen years, ever since they were five, and has loved him for eight of them.
Zhu Youchuan never knew.
At twenty-two, Lou Heting finally gets the chance to grow closer to Zhu Youchuan.
Lou Heting loves Zhu Youchuan.
Now Zhu Youchuan knows.
Theme: Brothers, give me a hug
