Honey, Cuddle Me!

They had been together for five years, but Pei Yanli had never told him he loved him. Luo Yunqing had always seen himself as nothing more than a lover. It wasn't until Pei Yanli fell to his death that Luo Yunqing understood. The two gold rings he had held onto until the very end, and the will he had drawn up long ago, leaving his estate to his beloved, Luo Yunqing... This man had been fucking in love with him. And he had been fucking in love with Pei Yanli, too. So after taking his revenge, he jumped into the sea without a backward glance, clutching the urn of Pei Yanli's ashes. Unexpectedly, when he opened his eyes again, he was back in the summer after the college entrance exams, at eighteen years old. His wealthy biological parents had just found him. This time, when his biological older brother came to persuade him to return home and marry in place of their fake young master, Luo Yunqing slowly smiled and nodded. Hubby, here I come! Pei Yanli had lost the use of his legs in a car accident. His injuries kept recurring, and he didn't want to burden the person he was marrying for the sake of an alliance. On their wedding night, he wheeled himself back to their room with a divorce agreement he'd prepared in advance. Instead, he saw the young man sitting on the bed on his knees, his long, slender, pale legs bare. His silk shirt hung loose, slipping halfway off his shoulders. He blinked up at Pei Yanli innocently and called to him like a kitten, "Hubby~" Pei Yanli's hand, resting on the wheelchair, clenched tight. Getting divorced right after the wedding would look bad. Maybe they should wait a while. Thinking that, Pei Yanli silently put away the divorce agreement. The most obvious thing about married life was that his partner was far too clingy. He was always asking for hugs or cuddles. When it thundered, he would tremble and burrow into Pei Yanli's arms, looking utterly pitiful. Pei Yanli lowered his boundaries for him again and again, letting him draw closer. Until one stormy night, worried about the young man home alone, Pei Yanli hurried home before he'd even finished negotiating a business deal. Passing an alley, he thought he saw his pitiful, thunder-phobic wife raising a metal baseball bat and bringing it down on the childhood friend of the fake young master. A few drops of blood spattered his cheek. His expression was so cold he looked like a demon crawling out of hell. Then their eyes met, as lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. The baseball bat clanged to the ground. Luo Yunqing hurriedly wiped the blood from his face and gazed pitifully through the sheets of rain. "H-Hubby, it's thundering. I'm scared~" Thunder roared around them, but an eerie silence fell over the scene. Before Luo Yunqing's heart could sink completely, the car door opened. Pei Yanli calmly opened an umbrella, took his hand, and led him back to the car. He gently wiped the rain and blood from Luo Yunqing's face, then covered his ears before the next clap of thunder. He told him, "Don't be scared. Your husband is here." --Little Scene-- Luo Yunqing: "Hubby, I love you~" Pei Yanli: "I love you too. The rabbit outfit got torn yesterday. How about wearing the one with cat ears tonight?" Luo Yunqing: "...I don't love you anymore." My back is killing me! [Turns into a clingy, coy baby in front of his husband / calculating, sweet-on-the-outside-and-dark-within shou VS sees through it but doesn't say a word / knowingly falls deeper / always has his wife's back / gentle, doting, mature gong] [Before You Read]: 1. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting. 2. Ten-year age gap. The gong has a leg disability, but he will recover. 3. Past and present lives. Both gong and shou are each other's first and only love, and their love is mutual. Theme: The person who loves you will brave everything to come to you