A determined older top who carefully plots to win over his roommate x a gentle, secretly passionate homebody bottom
Jiang Li was the most loyal person in his college dorm.
So loyal that after graduation, when his roommate Gu Feng couldn't find a job and temporarily moved into his rented apartment, Jiang Li paid all the rent and utilities and even covered dinner every night without a single complaint.
During that time, their relationship progressed by leaps and bounds.
Then one day, Jiang Li found the old shirt he'd worn tucked under Gu Feng's pillow. Thinking about all the ways Gu Feng had acted affectionately toward him, going beyond the boundaries of friendship, he suddenly understood Gu Feng's orientation. Jiang Li hated all gay people, with an instinctive, inborn disgust. Furious, he packed up all of Gu Feng's belongings and kicked him out.
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Four years later, Jiang Li ran into Gu Feng in the company elevator.
No, given Gu Feng's current position, he had to call him "President Gu."
1.
One day after work---
Jiang Li sat in his car for a long time without leaving. Gu Feng got into the passenger seat with practiced ease. "Feeling down? Want to go to an internet cafe and stay up all night?"
Jiang Li said nothing.
Gu Feng reminisced about the past. "Have you forgotten how, back in college, we were the only two in the dorm who'd go out no matter the weather..."
Jiang Li: "Get lost."
2.
One weekend---
Gu Feng: "I'll take you to my place. Don't you love my mom's braised pork? She really likes you. If you come this time, she'll definitely stop nagging me to go on blind dates."
Jiang Li: "Get lost."
3.
One rainy night---
Gu Feng forgot his umbrella and got soaked. In the middle of the night, his fever reached 39.8 degrees Celsius. He couldn't eat anything, and all he wanted was a bite of the tomato and scrambled eggs Jiang Li used to make for him so often after graduation.
He thought Jiang Li would tell him to get lost again. To his surprise, Jiang Li felt his forehead and quietly said, "Okay."
#Jiang Li: Get lost. I'm homophobic.
#Gu Feng: Are you still homophobic now?
Please Note
1. The bottom is a straight man who gets turned gay. He has had an ex before. The top is a virgin.
2. A little angst along the way, happy ending
3. This isn't cutesy, baby-talk romance. The couple are ordinary adult men
Theme: Be brave and pursue love.
