Tit for Tat

The summer of seventeen years old always carried a scorching heat. When He Chengqing noticed Yu Qing for the first time, he was standing at the end of the corridor with his head lowered. The collar of his school uniform was pulled askew, like a plant shivering in the shadows. At that time, he was used to announcing his presence in a sharp way, hiding his malice in casual provocations - books deliberately knocked down, unexplained laughter in the corridor, and messy marks made by the pen tip on the homework book. He thought it was just a boring game, but he didn't realize that his eyes fell on that silent figure more and more often. Yu Qing's world is as quiet as a deep pool of water. Faced with all difficulties, he only responds with silent forbearance. But when He Chengqing accidentally got into trouble, the person he always bullied raised his head for the first time and blocked him with the back of his hand with red marks. The needle of prejudice pierces the disguise, and the hurt of the past becomes a thorn in the heart. He began to approach awkwardly, trying to make up for it in awkward ways, but he only received an even colder distance from the other party. The strength that was once used to hurt gradually turned into careful testing, until one day, when He Chengqing blocked the basketball that hit Yu Qing again, he heard his own accelerated heartbeat drowning out the noise around him. During the tit-for-tat teenage years, the malice quietly turned sour, and the bully became the guardian. When the chirping of the cicadas subsided in the summer, they finally understood in each other's eyes that those hidden under the sharp shell turned out to be cares that they dared not admit. Intention: When tit-for-tat melts, malice grows into gentleness