The Ache of Thirst

“Desire is just like spring: natural and normal.” He couldn’t remember where he’d come across that saying, but He Qiao remembered it. He’d just never really understood it. Maybe it was because of his upbringing, but he’d never felt strongly interested in anything, from childhood onward. That changed one day when he happened upon the class monitor in a back alley near school. Luo Sheng, the gentle and friendly alpha who had held the top spot in their class for years, had just taken down a few troublemakers who’d picked a fight. His face was expressionless as he pulled out a wet wipe and scrubbed his fingers, his movements vicious and ruthless. Oh, right. Their class monitor couldn’t stand him, the “delinquent school bully.” Perhaps Luo Sheng noticed him watching. He paused, then glared at him with light brown eyes, the corners of which were slightly red. He Qiao took it as a warning. After all, having your “perfect persona shattered” was never a good look. Then, some time later, it happened in that same alley. Luo Sheng stopped He Qiao, eyes red. He Qiao had already gotten ready to fight him, but the class monitor was clearly in a strange state. He stumbled into He Qiao’s arms, his breath so hot it felt like it would scorch his skin. “Could you… pinch me?” He Qiao: ? What kind of weird thing are you saying? Luo Sheng had two secrets. First, he had an unusually sensitive sense of pain and severe germophobia. Second, all his aversions disappeared only when he was around He Qiao. He’d worked hard to show He Qiao his perfect side, but somehow his disguise had still been seen through. On an impulse, Luo Sheng stopped He Qiao and revealed his secret… * At first. Luo Sheng: (blushing) I have a crush on him. He Qiao: (utterly convinced) He can’t stand me and wants to fight me. * After a series of interactions where they were never on the same wavelength. Luo Sheng: (excited) Did his affection for me go up today? He Qiao: (annoyed) Why doesn’t he like me, anyway? I’m this awesome. How could he not like me? [Handsome, cool, and a little unhinged alpha top, with long hair, a peculiar thought process, and occasionally bizarre behavior: He Qiao] X [Tenacious, resilient top student alpha bottom, sweet and innocent yet gloomy inside, desperately pretending to be normal: Luo Sheng] ■■ Flower × ■■ Wine *The top is a long-haired rock-and-roll heartthrob, so the story features some band performances. The couple are absolutely devoted to each other, with huge hearts in both directions. He loves him, and he loves him too. My couple must always be mutually devoted, no wavering. This story is not suitable for readers with extreme character preferences. No breaking them up or reversing their roles!! P.S. Neither character is exactly normal. They both have their own “special” qualities, and in a sense, their issues are mutually compatible… P.P.S. Based on feedback from my previous book, my campus stories tend to be a little chuunibyou. This one will probably have a similar style, so if that’s not your thing, please think carefully before jumping in. There are countless great stories on Jinjiang. If this one isn’t for you, just pick another one~ Let’s all be kind to each other orz [Synopsis archived on 2025.04.08] A dual-alpha story set in the same world: "A Battle of Submission with a Villainous Alpha" Completed * Next up: "That Nonhuman Anthology" * Who says, “Those who are not of our kind must have different hearts”? Humanity’s kinks can conquer the stars and the sea. Every story has a human top and a nonhuman bottom~ "Reverse Captivity" [Humble office worker × sinister tentacles] Lately, the office worker keeps feeling like someone is following him. First, roses and candy mysteriously appear in the office. Then he finds strange marks at home, as if tentacles have been crawling around. Finally, one day, the shadowy, creeping monster can’t take it anymore and decides to imprison the human. It’s evil, twisted, and insane And then the human catches it. Monster: … Humble office worker: Sob, sob, I didn’t want to let anyone find out I’m a pervert either! (P.S. The top isn’t weak. He just loves putting on a show.) . "Zombie Observation Report" [Morally chaotic researcher who loves a laugh × sincere, gullible zombie king] In the tenth year of the apocalypse, humanity’s first base captures a zombie king in the wild, hoping to find a way to end the apocalypse by studying him. The responsibility falls to the chief researcher. The researcher looks at the zombie king baring his teeth in the cage, thinks for a moment, then solemnly gives him a topknot. Base leadership: ??? Zombie king: ! Researcher: ^_^ The first entry in "Zombie Observation Report" The base caught a zombie king. Hmm, he doesn’t seem to like topknots very much. Next time I’ll try braiding his hair~ · "How to Tame a Strange Boss" [Absurdly powerful amnesiac ??? × ??? infinite-world strange boss] Gravely injured and amnesiac, he’s dragged into an endless game of escape before he can even remember who he is. He has no choice but to face the strange bosses alone. At the critical moment, his potential explodes. He grabs a steel pipe and beats the boss black and blue. He’s just bracing himself for the boss to go berserk and unleash its ultimate attack when… The three-meter-tall boss shrinks into a little black ball, hides in the corner, and sobs. [Human… scary… not cute QAQ…] Him: ??? . "The Teddy Bear Came to Save Me" [Extremely rational, aloof top student × sunny, gentlemanly teddy bear] He goes back to his hometown for summer vacation to take care of his grandmother’s vacant house. While sorting through the clutter, he happens to find a teddy bear. He looks at it, ponders for a moment, then washes it and hangs it on the clothesline. That night, he feels an ardent gaze from beside his bed. When he opens his eyes, the teddy bear, wearing a top hat, bows gracefully and tips its hat like a gentleman. “Greetings, my kind master. Would you like to become a magical boy?” After a long silence, he firmly closes his eyes. I must be exhausted from cleaning. Heh, I’m so tired I’m hallucinating. . "Shadow" [Mad, disabled young master × silent, loyal shadow monster] Everyone knows that the Four Seas Trading Company is renowned throughout the land, but its young master, who holds the reins of power, has been unable to walk since childhood. His moods are unpredictable, and he has the strange habit of never putting out the candles at night. No one knows that every night, the young master sits alone in his room, watching his shadow transform into a man who looks exactly like him but has a completely different air. “How funny. I’m a cripple, yet my shadow has two perfectly good legs.” Shadow kneels silently before the young master. Without needing to be told, he already knows to bow his head and bend down to please the master he has obeyed absolutely since the moment he came into existence. . "I Mistook an Evil Spirit for a Lover" [Fearless CEO × evil spirit trying hard to scare him] A CEO born without the ability to feel fear buys a haunted villa. After a series of experiments, he concludes that as long as it isn’t in direct sunlight, the evil spirit inside can wreak havoc around the clock. Its tricks include creating illusions, controlling electronic devices, and moving objects from a distance… The CEO falls silent. The CEO thinks. The CEO gets excited! Oh my god! Available twenty-four hours a day, all year round, and no salary or benefits? What a top-tier workhorse! I mean, what a top-tier “ghost talent”! He eagerly tries to recruit the evil spirit to work for his company. The evil spirit, who only wanted to feed on a little fear to keep itself going: QAQ Nothing’s scarier than you black-hearted capitalists!! . "The Snake Demon’s Night" [Sickly, calculating impoverished scholar × proper, courteous snake demon] To repay the scholar for saving his life during his tribulation, the snake demon, who has devoted himself to cultivation in the hope of becoming an immortal, comes down from the mountain and offers to grant the scholar any wish. The scholar is frail and sickly, and coughs up blood all the time. He looks as if he hasn’t long to live. “There’s nothing else I want, given the state of my health. It’s just a shame I’ll die without ever having a wife.” Snake demon: ? Later, the frail, feeble scholar pins the proper and courteous snake demon to the bed and coughs softly. “There’s one more thing… I’ve never experienced the pleasures of human intimacy, either.” “Be good. Bring out your tail.” . "As If Seeing Green Mountains" [False-proper demon exorcist × truly innocent little green vine] "The Creature at My Feet" [Cold, twisted lab technician × bloodthirsty failed experiment] "Living Sacrifice" [Unlucky passerby offered as a sacrifice × river god who doesn’t actually like eating people] "A Date with a Skeleton" [Upright police captain × skeleton who doesn’t know how long he’s been dead] "Beauty Beneath the Moon" [Blind painter × beauty in a painting] "The Butterfly Transformation" [Ethereal senior disciple × sweet, soft little lucky butterfly] An anthology. The stories listed here aren’t all of them, and their order may vary. They’re all sweet, sweet, sweet. Theme: Walking hand in hand toward a brighter future