I Refuse to Fall in Love at First Sight with a Straight Guy

[The blurb for my next book, My American Childhood Best Friend Wants to Remarry [Esports], is at the very bottom. Please add it to your reading list!]

Xu Tongzhang is very good at pretending to be well-behaved.

He got a bowl cut, never disobeyed his parents, and spent over a decade at the top of his class. He thought he would keep up the act forever.

Until he met Wen Xu.

Xu Tongzhang doesn't believe in love at first sight, either. He dislikes relationships based on looks alone, without shared values, and even thought he would never fall for anyone in his life.

Until he met Wen Xu.

Looking at Wen Xu, who could always see right through his act, was full of mischief, talked just the right amount, liked to reason things out, and had an exceptional face and physique as well as an impossibly good temper, Xu Tongzhang had no choice but to accept his fate.

Time and time again, Xu Tongzhang fell in love with Wen Xu at first sight.

But Wen Xu was a straight man who wanted to get married and have children.

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Wen Xu first met Xu Tongzhang in their senior year of high school.

His haircut made him look very well-behaved. He was cute, yet always getting into trouble: skipping class, climbing walls, fighting, and getting involved with men.

From their senior year of high school through their junior year of college, Wen Xu watched Xu Tongzhang do whatever he pleased, and every time they met, they clashed like flint and steel.

As time went on, neither of them wanted to speak to the other.

Until one late night, a contact he never expected called him.

"Hello, um... do you have time to come to the police station?"

It took a long time for Wen Xu to truly understand Xu Tongzhang, inside and out.

His shoulders were broad and his waist narrow, his years of working out giving him just the right amount of muscle. He could wrap one hand around both of Xu Tongzhang's wrists, just right. When he pinned Xu Tongzhang beneath him, his body covered him completely, and even his weakness for Xu Tongzhang's flushed face and neck was just right.

A little scene:

After they started working, they got busier and busier. When they finally had time for a date, Xu Tongzhang slept until noon.

He opened his eyes and guiltily glanced at Wen Xu beside him. "Do we still have time?"

Wen Xu gave him a cool look. "No."

Xu Tongzhang was about to ask what they should do when Wen Xu kissed him. In the brief pause between breaths, he heard Wen Xu say they might as well do something else.

His lower back was still sore from how intense things had been the night before. Xu Tongzhang held back from responding and accused him, "Didn't you say you were straight and wanted to get married and have kids?"

Wen Xu smiled, his expression unreadable. "Well, what can I do? Why don't you help me out?"

PS: 1. Xu Tongzhang is the bottom (his good behavior is both an act and part of his nature) x Wen Xu is the top (being straight doesn't mean you can't bend).

2. A subtle, shared daddy vibe.

3. One-on-one, mutual love, and they're locked in. Wen Xu is three years older.

4. A pure fluff story with no logic, very little campus content, and both are each other's first.

The blurb for My American Childhood Best Friend Wants to Remarry [Esports] is below. Please add it to your reading list!

As esports players in the game Proof of Mountains and Seas, FK.Swan and WTG.Flow have millions of fans shipping them, thanks to their flashy plays, good looks, and the fact that they grew up together.

The shippers flocked to them when they were at their peak, then disappeared from public view when the two stopped associating with each other.

Then, during a transfer window, a rumor that "Swan is back in the starting lineup, and Flow is transferring to FK" set all the shippers ablaze. Their ship name shot to the top of the trending charts.

The shippers who had nearly given up on the pairing tried to push the topic down while urging everyone not to bring it up in front of the two players.

But during Swan's livestream that night, as usual, he played while taking time to interact with the scrolling comments, only to find the situation getting out of hand.

"Congratulations to our four-time champion AD on returning to the starting lineup!"

"Please take good care of your hands and remember to get your therapy on time."

Those were easy enough to answer.

Some of the other comments were a little more curious. For example:

"Any plans for the new season? How about playing on the same team as your bro? You play AD, and I play top?"

"You're my only connection. Can you give us a little hint about the summer lineup?"

Solo fans and shippers flooded the chat with praise, trying to cover up those comments, while the troublemakers showed no fear and fired away:

"I heard your new top laner is a younger guy, just one year younger than you?"

"I heard he's won four runner-up titles and one championship?"

"I heard it's that top laner Flow, who joined the academy with you, made it to the starting lineup right after you, and just won the championship?"

Swan was just about to refuse to answer questions like those when a hand entered the frame and waved. After a brief laugh, a familiar voice spoke up, loud and clear. "Hello, everyone. I'm FK.Flow. It's an honor to fight alongside Captain Swan."

The livestream went black the next second.

From then on, the shippers stood tall and raised their banner online: "The most popular childhood friends must get back together! Flow, be brave and chase him. You've got more than just your butt backing you, you've got us!"

Flow really was brave, shameless, and full of outrageous declarations.

"Big brother, you know I've been yours since we were kids."

"That's right, we have kids. More than one."

Theme: Be confident, love yourself, and stay strong. You'll never lack the courage to start over.