Has the Disabled Top Thought It Through Yet?

A rough, one-legged top x a quiet, ruthless bottom

Chen Jue thinks he must have owed Zhou Chi a debt in his past life.

He raised him from childhood and found him annoying. Then he left, and Chen Jue missed him.

He'd raised Zhou Chi himself, so even when Zhou Chi's mother came to take him away, he didn't want to let him go.

But when all was said and done, Chen Jue and Zhou Chi weren't related. No matter how much he wanted to keep him, he couldn't.

Over the next four years, they spent more time apart than together.

Every time Zhou Chi returned, he was injured and more withdrawn.

Chen Jue couldn't get a straight answer out of him, so he kept muttering to himself, trying to be patient:

"Chen Jue, you have to be patient."

"Wait a little longer. Maybe he'll tell you eventually."

"If nothing else, wait until he's an adult, then bring him back and raise him. A little care ought to help him heal."

He was like a concubine in a cold palace who'd gone mad.

Then a natural disaster struck. Chen Jue lost his right leg.

Before he could even wallow in self-pity, he had to focus on Zhou Chi's psychological problems.

Everyone could see how much he cherished Zhou Chi. He knew Zhou Chi's feelings went beyond brotherhood too, but still said, "That's called responsibility!"

Nothing more, just responsibility.

Later, he learned the answer he'd never been able to get from Zhou Chi.

He regretted it bitterly, and at last understood.

The person before him was someone he'd raised and spoiled, someone who'd survived life and death alongside him and whom he'd cherished above all else.

He was destined to fall into Zhou Chi's hands for the rest of his life.

So he set down his crutch, opened his arms, and said to him, "Zhou Chi, come here."

People who know Zhou Chi always say:

"That kid's got a hard life. If you survive a great disaster, good fortune is bound to follow."

But Zhou Chi says he isn't lucky to be alive.

He's lucky in life.

Because Chen Jue is in his destiny.

(There are childhood scenes.)

Warnings:

1. The top is missing a leg. There's no magic in the real world, and he won't recover. I like writing physical hardship, and the entire setup serves that.

2. I'm not reliable about updates. I can't even promise daily chapters. I have lots of other unfinished stories (screams).

3. I like melodrama, and my writing is awful. You can drop the story without telling me. Thank you, bowing in gratitude.

Theme: Don't be trapped by the past.