Who Says I Don't Like You?

[Adorable, pampered beauty, a great druid shou X cold, aloof iceberg, thinks he's straight, bends into a pretzel for the shou without realizing it, childhood-friend gong]

As the university's newly crowned "campus belle," Qu You has an innate affinity for small animals, plus a buff. His veterinary background makes treating little animals a piece of cake.

He's a godlike expert in the eyes of countless pet owners, and a savior of research papers for agriculture students. Kind, beautiful, and incredibly capable.

Everyone likes him and thinks he's living the dream.

Qu You has a secret he can't tell anyone: he's in love with his childhood friend, Xiao Chengfeng, a notorious homophobe of an iceberg who once broke a gay man's ribs with three punches.

Qu You (hesitant * uncertain * teary-eyed): I'll never be happy again. (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)

To avoid being hated and pushed away, Qu You decides to suppress his feelings and act like a straight guy around his childhood friend.

Xiao Chengfeng has been a top student since childhood, with excellent grades, good looks, and a wild, muscular physique practically bursting with hormones.

But he's an iceberg who has renounced love and desire. No one can reach his heart. In his social circle, there's only his little brother Qu You and everyone else.

One day, he realizes that the little shadow always stuck to him is getting farther and farther away. Qu You has even stopped coming over to talk to him!

Xiao Chengfeng (displeased): Who's ruining my relationship with my brother?

But after investigating, he discovers that Qu You's life is getting better and better without him, and men and women alike are scrambling to show him affection.

Xiao Chengfeng: I've had enough. I'm not putting up with this anymore.jpg

When he once again catches someone slipping Qu You a love letter, Xiao Chengfeng wraps an arm around Qu You's shoulder in a thoroughly possessive gesture. He looks down at the person confessing, his eyes cold and domineering.

"Sorry, he's taken."

Qu You (stunned): ? Since when? By whom?

Bonus scene:

Qu You, who doesn't dare confess and has been forced to suffer a broken heart, is about to move out of his childhood friend's dorm.

His childhood friend blocks him against the wall and gives him a simple answer: "No."

The sad puppy gets flustered and starts talking nonsense: "I like men, and you don't like me. Don't blame me if I have my way with you someday. I warned you."

Xiao Chengfeng falls silent.

Qu You is sad, but forces a smile. "Scared now, huh?"

The next second, his homophobic childhood friend reaches out, lifts his chin, and kisses him.

Qu You, kissing for the first time and kissed until his legs go weak (shocked puppy eyes): ...!?? (rebooting brain)

Xiao Chengfeng calmly licks the moisture from the corner of his lips, wipes the mark from Qu You's mouth with his thumb, and speaks in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Who said I don't like you?"

Gong's perspective: In an eternally dark, muddy swamp, he met a soft little sun. He would never let go.

Theme: Love, like a cough, cannot be hidden for long.