Stop Flirting with Me with Your Tail

[Cheerful, adorable bottom x aloof, tsundere top]

At nineteen, Nian Lingyi reunited with his childhood friend Pei Zhize at college after years apart.

When they finally saw each other again, his aloof childhood friend had grown cat ears and a cat tail right in front of him.

The kind that actually moved.

Nian Lingyi, a secret cat lover who adored cats but wasn't allowed to keep one at home, lit up: Can I pet them?

His childhood friend, face flushed red, replied with righteous indignation: ...No.

Really, I can't pet them?

...Well, if that cat tail sticks itself in his hand, it shouldn't count as him petting it, right?

Hehe, so fluffy. Just one little tug.

Nian Lingyi: Your cat tail seems to really like me, huh?

Pei Zhize turned red from his face all the way down to his neck and pulled his tail away: You're imagining things.

*

Little by little, Nian Lingyi discovered that his catlike childhood friend wasn't just great to pet, he could also counteract Nian Lingyi's terrible luck.

So he started clinging to Pei Zhize whenever he got the chance.

First he treated Pei Zhize to dinner because he'd helped him, then he asked to move in together after falling out with his roommates, and finally, after having nightmares so often, he simply started sleeping in the same bed.

Even though Pei Zhize kept everyone at arm's length and said things like:

"I'm busy."

"I'm picky about roommates."

"I have a cleanliness obsession. I'm not used to sleeping with someone."

They still ate together, Nian Lingyi moved in, and in the end, they even managed to sleep together.

But... why was his aloof, tsundere childhood friend acting stranger and stranger around him?

He was getting clingier, following Nian Lingyi everywhere.

And when he got drunk, he even lifted his cat tail and brought his cat ears over himself, asking to be petted!

The next morning, Nian Lingyi told Pei Zhize all about his strange behavior.

Then, with an innocent, curious expression, he asked: "You're being so forward. Could you be in heat?"

His childhood friend had just gotten out of bed, looking disgruntled. Pointed cat ears stood amid his tousled hair as he pressed Nian Lingyi's shoulder and pinned him against the sofa.

His ears were red, his tail swayed, and his voice was low and husky: "So what if I am?"

[Bonus Scene]

Nian Lingyi caught a fever after getting soaked in the rain. He felt awful, spent the whole day lying at home, and spent the whole day being a pest to Pei Zhize.

Pei Zhize told him to drink some bitter medicine. Nian Lingyi: If you meow once, I'll take one sip. How about it?

Pei Zhize: ...

After finishing it, he said: That was so bitter. I have to pet a cat to heal my soul.

Pei Zhize, being petted like a cat (head pats): …

It was time to sleep. Nian Lingyi: I can only fall asleep if you wear your uniform and tell me a story.

Pei Zhize: Did the fever fry your brain?

Half an hour later.

Pei, still in uniform and with a sour look on his face, sat down by Nian Lingyi's bed, his cat ears sticking up.

The feverish boy, his face flushed red, reached out from under the covers with both hands: Kitty, sleep with me.

*

One-on-one, happy ending, both virgins, younger top, one-year age gap, unrequited love

Huge thanks to @2 Fen Zhiyi Gu Ke Xue Jia for the amazing character cards, dear!

Nian Lingyi (bottom) x Pei Zhize (top)

1. A fluffy, mindless sweet romance about everyday college life. Just read it for fun. Besides making the top catlike, the author also privately made the bottom doglike.

2. The bottom attracts trash and bad luck, while the top, a cat in human form, brings him good fortune and shields him from misfortune and disaster.

3. At its heart, it's a curse of unrequited love: a fool too afraid to confess and a fool who can't figure out his feelings are cursed by God (x).

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Preorder: I Really Want to Die Today Too. Please add it to your reading list. Here's the blurb:

[Beautiful ghost bottom x cool ghost-hunter top]

After Li Xushi died, he became a ghost who was incredibly hard to kill. If he couldn't die, he couldn't reincarnate. Countless ghost hunters were at a loss and said there might be only one person who could help him.

Rumor had it this master specialized in getting rid of vengeful spirits and evil ghosts. The more vicious they were, the more easily he caught them.

Li Xushi thought: Surely he won't refuse to help an innocent, kind little ghost like me cross over!

But when he excitedly poked his head out of the soul lantern, Li Xushi froze.

The newcomer wore a black robe and looked like a proper gentleman. He gazed at Li Xushi for a long moment, then grabbed him and shoved him back into the soul lantern as he tried to run.

"I'm not killing this one. I have a grudge against him."

*

His only lifeline turned out to be the mortal enemy he'd had when he was alive. If he wanted to die, he could just go straight to him.

He possessed a wild cat and wrecked the place like a comet hitting Earth, blew ghostly wind to drop bird poop into Yan Beichi's food, held a midnight dance party to scare him, recited scriptures and lectured him... Li Xushi tried almost every way he could think of to test Yan Beichi's limits.

After trying it all, he was horrified to discover that his mortal enemy wasn't just unbothered. He even seemed to be enjoying himself!

Li Xushi got tired of causing trouble and took a day off. Yan Beichi asked him, "Don't want to die today?"

Li Xushi, who was sampling the table full of desserts with a talisman Yan Beichi had given him, suddenly understood. "I get it, Yan Beichi. You're deliberately refusing to kill me so I can't reincarnate and you can torment me, aren't you? This revenge is way too devious!!"

Yan Beichi casually pushed a cup of warm, sweet milk toward him, raised an eyebrow, and scoffed: "Oh. You finally figured it out?"

"... ?"

666. He wasn't even pretending anymore.

*

Until one day, Li Xushi accidentally got hit by a Soul Dissipation Curse. If he didn't reincarnate within half an hour, he would never be able to pass on.

Yan Beichi stood in the corner wiping his sword, completely motionless. His face was dark, as if he was in a terrible mood because he wouldn't be able to keep tormenting Li Xushi.

Li Xushi gave up and spoke in the preachy tone that everyone hated: "I admit I'm annoying, but Yan Beichi, isn't making someone's soul scatter a little too much..."

The copper coin sword suddenly pierced his heart. A wet kiss cut off his unfinished words without warning.

Then came the muffled words: "I love you."

Half an hour later.

For some reason, the ghost Li Xushi hadn't died. He and Yan Beichi stood there staring at each other.

The air was terrifyingly still, as though someone had died.

Li Xushi pretended to pick at his ear and casually said: "Sorry, I didn't hear you just now. What did you say?"

*

Both virgins, one-on-one, happy ending, younger top with a three-year age gap, unrequited love, mortal enemies

1. The top has an older brother, and their old grudge has to do with him. It's a misunderstanding. Although it might look that way, it does not involve a third party entering the romantic relationship.

2. At its heart, this is a sweet romance, not overly scary. Chapters with a small amount of horror will be marked with * in the title. The more asterisks, the scarier the chapter (as judged by the author's own courage). It's all made-up nonsense, set in an alternate world, and all the various talismans are the author's inventions, so don't take things too seriously.

3. The top will eventually find a way to return the bottom's soul to his body.

Theme: Say "I love you" out loud.