[Friends to lovers / Unrequited love comes true]
Yun Mian first met Sang Yun at a tattoo shop.
Sang Yun asked her to tattoo him on the inside of his wrist, right next to his pulse.
Only later did Yun Mian learn that the tattoo was a name reserved exclusively for the person he loved.
*
Yun Mian carefully hid her unrequited love, staying by his side as a friend for five or six years. From college through graduation, it was always the same.
In their fifth year as friends, Sang Yun started getting pressured to marry.
He agreed, then turned around and took Yun Mian to a bar.
The bar was deafeningly noisy. Mustering her courage, Yun Mian asked him, "So... is there someone you like now?"
Sang Yun's gaze paused on his glass. His voice was faint. "No."
Yun Mian knew what he meant: there was no one else, and there was no her.
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They got together by accident, then broke up and spent two months in an awkward stalemate. They met again at a gathering hosted by Sang Yun's first love, who was also a friend to them both.
A friend beside him teased, "Still thinking about your ex-girlfriend?"
Everyone's eyes turned to Sang Yun's "first love."
But Sang Yun looked straight at Yun Mian.
With his usual carefree swagger, he answered, thinking of the kiss they'd shared in the restroom just moments ago. "I'm pursuing her."
*
On the night they got back together, Yun Mian was held in Sang Yun's arms as sweat rolled down her body. She lowered her head without thinking, her gaze landing somewhere that made her burn all over.
Sang Yun chuckled softly and guided her hand lower, his breath hot against her. "Do you see it?"
"It's your name."
Cool, aloof tattoo artist x wealthy second-generation heir who seems like a playboy (CEO of a media company)
* Friends-to-lovers; unrequited love is bittersweet at first
* The male lead is a fake playboy and a true romantic, with no exes
* Both leads have no prior sexual partners; happy ending
Weibo: @Cili Li
☆ Blurb written on December 18, 2024
Theme: Unrequited love is one person's own private whirlwind
