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    Lu Guang should have realized that he wouldn’t be greeted by normalcy when he returned home, but he didn’t. He's not nearly as affected by the stab wound as he is by Xiaoshi's reaction to it all.
    There's something acutely painful about watching someone self-destruct in front of you, and Lu Guang, frankly, doesn't know what he's supposed to do about it.
    It would help if the world could let him chill for long enough to figure it out.

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    Two emotionally stunted young men navigate trauma, subtext, and the misery of trying to feed yourself like a competent adult, all while solving other people’s problems. In for a penny in for a pound, as they say.

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    16 Jun 2026

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    They're orange roses, six of them in a ring around a bit of baby’s breath, a piece of leather fern tucked in the back like an afterthought. Cheng Xiaoshi comes back from whatever errands he’d been running and sets the bouquet on the counter.

    “What is this?” Lu Guang asks, eyeing the flowers.

    “For you,” Cheng Xiaoshi says simply.
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    Cheng Xiaoshi buys Lu Guang flowers. Lu Guang can't ignore whatever's between them anymore.

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    10 Jun 2026

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    The first time it happens, it’s just a kiss on the cheek, so Lu Guang isn’t even sure that it counts. It’s while he’s trying to prepare dinner for them; Qiao Ling brought back vegetables from the market, and he’s busy chopping scallions. He’s a good cook when he needs to be, which means that Cheng Xiaoshi rummaging through the cabinets in search of extra condiments to pour into his work is both unnecessary and a little insulting.

    The knife is still in Lu Guang’s hand when he feels arms wrapping around his waist from behind. A bony chin descends onto his shoulder.

    “Idiot,” Lu Guang accuses. “I’m holding a knife.”

    “Okay.” Cheng Xiaoshi exhales next to his ear, but he doesn’t let go. “We don’t have any chili oil.”

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    Or, the existence of a first kiss implies at the very least a second.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    Lu Guang is starting to believe that something is wrong. Wrong with him.

     

    Wrong, how? He asks, but he’s not stupid— he feels it each and every time, feels the way how his heart thuds in his ears, feels the sudden breathlessness and forgotten words, feels how every nerve in his body tightens, feels his blood run hot, and he always, always only feels that way around—

     

    He hears a loud pop and fizzing sound coming from the kitchen, acquainted by an ear-splitting and unrestrained “Fuck!” 

     


    Wrong like that.

     

    Lu Guang has never been so thankful that the shop is closed.

    Or, Lu Guang as he struggles with the guilt and denial of falling in love with his best friend.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    Cheng Xiaoshi’s heart bursts at the seams like a dam, heavy and threatening to drown everyone in its wake.
    Lu Guang does not flinch. He continues to swim despite it.

    Three (3) different perspectives on two (2) idiots messing around together and learning the ups and downs of falling in love.

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    07 Jun 2026