Sister's Allure [Love and Deepspace: Xia Yizhou]

"Congratulations on graduating, big brother!"

The girl's warm, soft lips brushed the corner of my mouth. Sunlight streamed down, dazzling me, and my heart stopped for an instant.

The crowd's cheers, the fireworks bursting, the camera shutters clicking: every sound faded away on the wind, growing indistinct and distant.

Only the warmth at the corner of my mouth felt real in that moment.

Something in my chest beat violently, desperate to break free of the taboo holding it back.

All I had to do was reach out, and I could hold her captive in my arms and make her understand that kisses weren't something she could hand out so carelessly.

Why did she keep calling me big brother?

Once, she had taken my hand and asked me to be her big brother.

Now the thing I hated most was hearing her call me "big brother" again and again.

Note: They are not related by blood, and there is no adoption. Told from alternating perspectives.

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