[Outgoing seme x cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside uke]
The Lu and Fu families have been close for generations. Fu Yunshen was the "child everyone else's parents wished they had," and Lu Xingran's parents always compared him to Lu Xingran, whether it was grades or everyday life. Lu's parents were always telling Lu Xingran, "Look at Yunshen. You should learn from him. We'd be happy if you were even half as good as he is."
So Lu Xingran had secretly competed with Fu Yunshen ever since childhood, making him his biggest rival in life. Whenever he saw Fu Yunshen putting on his gentlemanly smile and acting all warm and charming, he couldn't stand him.
He especially hated him after hearing that Fu Yunshen was homophobic. Lu Xingran had known since high school that he liked men, so he hated Fu Yunshen even more, cursing inwardly, "Does being gay eat your rice? Why do you have to be homophobic?"
One day, Lu Xingran's cousin left a novel at his house called "My Nemesis Secretly Has a Crush on Me." Curious because of the words "my nemesis," Lu Xingran opened it. He discovered it was a romance between two men, and that the nemesis's various secret-crush behaviors were a lot like some of Fu Yunshen's behavior toward him. Lu Xingran compared them one by one, then his heart gave a thump as he reached a conclusion: Fu Yunshen had a crush on him.
As for the rumor that Fu Yunshen was homophobic, Lu Xingran suddenly understood. Homophobic meant deeply closeted. So Fu Yunshen was gay too!
After deciding that Fu Yunshen had a crush on him, Lu Xingran started secretly watching him. Whenever he saw Fu Yunshen chatting and laughing with someone, he'd curse inwardly, "Fu Yunshen has no sense of propriety. He doesn't know how to behave."
Whenever he saw Fu Yunshen ruining someone else's confession to him, the corners of Lu Xingran's mouth would turn up. He thought Fu Yunshen must be madly in love with him.
Finally, to get confirmation from others, he asked his friends, "Do you think Fu Yunshen likes me?"
His friends all gave the same answer: "We don't know whether Fu Yunshen likes you. We only know that you like Fu Yunshen. You ask about him all day and follow him around like a lovesick little wife."
At that, Lu Xingran's heart gave another thump, and he reached a conclusion: Oh no, Fu Yunshen's secret crush on him had turned into mutual feelings.
Theme: Love can heal everything.
