| BYSG | Kiss Me | 95 | Extra 10
As soon as the words fell, everyone was stunned.
Shen Yu could hardly believe his ears.
He hadn’t been drinking… so how could he be hallucinating?
Cheng Mofei said he was his boyfriend, this kind of scenario should only exist in his fantasies.
Could he have secretly drugged him without him noticing?
Shen Yu quickly pinched his own arm hard.
Hiss.
That hurt.
At the same time, the other man snapped out of it and sneered, “He’s your boyfriend… yet he still came to this place alone.”
“So what? Can’t couples have quarrels? What’s wrong with him coming here alone? Is this place off-limits for people by themselves? And isn’t it obvious that I’m here to pick him up?” Cheng Mofei fired back in a rapid string of retorts.
With his towering height of nearly 1.9 meters and his angry, unfriendly tone, Cheng Mofei exuded an intimidating presence.
Seeing this, the other man tugged at his companion’s arm. The two exchanged a glance, realizing that if the situation escalated, they wouldn’t gain anything from it. Cursing under their breath, they turned and left.
As they walked away, Cheng Mofei's Adam's apple bobbed quickly. He hesitated to turn around and face the person behind him.
But that "boyfriend" comment was definitely not something he blurted out in the heat of the moment. He had said it deliberately, to take advantage of Shen Yu and use it as a stepping stone for his future pursuit.
Shen Yu was just as nervous, afraid that his reaction might give something away.
He knew that Cheng Mofei was unlikely to abandon their friendship just because of his sexual orientation. After all, they had known each other for so many years and shared a deep bond.
The only thing that could push Cheng Mofei away was if he discovered Shen Yu’s hidden feelings.
Shen Yu hadn’t expected Cheng Mofei to use "boyfriend" as an excuse to protect him.
It was probably just something he made up in the spur of the moment.
Who would have thought that a single moment would leave his mind in such turmoil even now?
Shen Yu tugged at the corner of his lips in a self-mocking manner.
He took the initiative to step forward, coming to Cheng Mofei's side. His lips had already drooped slightly, and his tone was calm and even: "Let's go. We can talk outside."
Cheng Mofei, still feeling uneasy, followed him out of the bar.
"I'm hungry. Let's get something to eat first," Shen Yu said.
Cheng Mofei: "Okay."
Shen Yu casually bought some desserts and ice cream. As he walked, he kept eating, his mouth constantly moving, effectively using it as a cover, hiding any emotions that might slip through his expression.
Cheng Mofei, on the other hand, didn’t buy anything, he had no appetite whatsoever.
His gaze landed on Shen Yu’s double-scoop ice cream, and his Adam’s apple bobbed again.
In the past, he wouldn’t have hesitated to take a bite, making sure to taste both flavors. Shen Yu never minded and was always happy to share with him.
But now, he didn’t dare to take a bite.
Finally, as Shen Yu finished the first scoop of ice cream, he broke the silence: "You don’t have anything you want to ask?"
They couldn’t just keep walking in silence. He was the one who had asked Cheng Mofei to come pick him up, and he should at least put a proper end to tonight’s events.
"…I do." Cheng Mofei's heart started pounding again.
"Mm. Ask, I’ll answer." Shen Yu started on the second scoop, using the motion of eating to continue hiding his emotions.
Cheng Mofei hesitated for a moment before asking, "When did you realize you liked guys?"
Shen Yu had expected this question and answered without hesitation: "Around freshman year of high school."
Freshman year… That was when he had just met Fang Yuan.
Had Shen Yu really been harboring a secret crush for all three years?!
Cheng Mofei was on the verge of going crazy with jealousy. His heart felt like it had been soaked in freshly squeezed lemon juice, unbearably sour.
Logically, the next question should have been, "So, do you like someone?"
But Cheng Mofei absolutely did not want to ask that. He was afraid Shen Yu would answer too bluntly, and worse, turn him into a love consultant, asking for advice on how to chase after someone else.
Instead, Cheng Mofei deliberately said, "If you ever get a boyfriend, you have to let me approve of him first. If he’s not better than me in every way, you can’t have him."
Shen Yu’s heartbeat stuttered.
Was there really anyone who could treat him better than Cheng Mofei did?
Cheng Mofei continued listing conditions on his own: "His grades must be better than mine, his family background has to be better than mine, and he has to look better than me—"
"Wait, wait," Shen Yu quickly interrupted, not wanting to hear him compare himself anymore. It felt weird. "This kind of thing depends on chemistry. Some people fall in love at first sight, you know?"
Love at first sight…
Did that mean Shen Yu had fallen for Fang Yuan at first sight?!
Cheng Mofei was so jealous he felt like he was about to twist into a completely different shape.
Cheng Mofei abruptly stopped in his tracks and turned to Shen Yu. "Love at first sight is unreliable. Besides, what if that guy is straight? After all, same-sex attraction is still a minority."
Shen Yu instinctively avoided his gaze, a dull ache spreading in his chest. He pressed his lips against the ice cream, his voice muffled. "If he's straight… then forget it."
Cheng Mofei took in his reaction his heart ached, but he was also frustrated.
He knew it. Shen Yu never confessed because of his sexuality. He was afraid Fang Yuan was straight and would reject him.
Fang Yuan.
That damn name.
Cheng Mofei pressed on, deliberately nudging him. "Yeah, it’s pointless if he’s straight."
Shen Yu didn’t respond. He took a bite of the melting ice cream, but instead of sweetness, he only tasted bitterness. His nose tingled, and his eyes gradually became misty.
The uncertainty of a secret crush was painful. He had already decided to let it go, so why did it still hurt so much when confronting it head-on?
Lowering his head, Shen Yu blinked rapidly, trying to force back the tears. Then, without thinking, he quickened his pace, walking ahead, he didn’t want Cheng Mofei to see him like this.
Cheng Mofei immediately noticed Shen Yu’s reddening eyes and panicked. Without thinking, he quickened his pace and grabbed Shen Yu’s wrist.
Shen Yu’s eyelashes were still damp from blinking away the tears, and the sight of it made Cheng Mofei’s heart ache unbearably.
In a moment of desperation, he couldn’t hold it in any longer. The words tumbled out of his mouth almost instinctively—"Then why don’t you just be with me?"
Shen Yu: "…?"
—
Even after Cheng Mofei’s chaotic and utterly unplanned confession, Shen Yu still found it hard to believe.
Cheng Mofei… had actually confessed to him?
The kind of scene he never even dared to dream of had somehow unfolded in real life.
Thinking back, Cheng Mofei was always clingy with him, but Shen Yu had assumed it was just the closeness of good friends.
Could it be that Cheng Mofei actually had feelings for him, ones that went beyond friendship?
It felt unreal. Like a dream.
This was so surreal that Shen Yu couldn’t accept it right away.
Besides, he had observed Cheng Mofei for three years and had never seen a single clue suggesting he might be gay.
In the end, reason won out.
He figured that maybe Cheng Mofei simply valued their friendship too much, so much that his first instinct was to hold onto it as tightly as possible. But that didn’t necessarily mean he was truly into men.
A sudden thought crossed Shen Yu’s mind. He tightened his grip on Cheng Mofei’s hand, looked him straight in the eye, and said, “Then… kiss me.”
Cheng Mofei had once told him that he felt disgusted when a guy kissed the back of his hand. If he wasn’t actually into men, then he would definitely hesitate or feel repulsed now.
This was the perfect way to test whether Cheng Mofei was really serious.
Cheng Mofei’s heart pounded wildly, and his eyes lit up with an explosion of excitement and heat, like stars igniting in the night sky.
Was he really getting to kiss him this soon?!
Did this mean Shen Yu had accepted his confession?
It had to. Otherwise, how could he possibly let him kiss him?
Under Shen Yu’s tense gaze, Cheng Mofei tightened his grip on his hand, leaned down, and happily and swiftly, kissed him on the lips.
Shen Yu: “???” Completely stunned.
Wait. Wasn’t this supposed to be a test with a kiss on the hand?!
—
After receiving several quick kisses on the lips, Shen Yu finally and completely believed that Cheng Mofei was, in fact, actually into him.
Blushing furiously, he hurriedly pushed him away. “Enough! Stop!”
Cheng Mofei, still savoring the moment, looked a little disappointed.
Shen Yu’s lips were so soft and sweet.
No wonder those high school couples loved sneaking kisses so much.
On the way back, Cheng Mofei spent the entire time ranting about Fang Yuan’s "flaws," completely convinced that he was Shen Yu’s secret crush.
It wasn’t until then that Shen Yu finally realized Cheng Mofei had been treating Fang Yuan as his imaginary love rival all along.
For a moment, Shen Yu felt both exasperated and amused. He never expected such a huge misunderstanding to unfold.
But instead of correcting him right away, he waited until they got home and then sent Cheng Mofei a file on WeChat.
It contained years’ worth of his secret love diary, pages filled with bittersweet emotions, all centered on one person.
After reading through the entire diary, Cheng Mofei sprinted a full thousand meters around his neighborhood.
Shen Yu’s crush had been him all along?!
Him?!
They had actually liked each other this whole time?!
It seemed like they were always meant to be together. The driver hadn’t lied to him after all.
Maybe he had actually fallen for Shen Yu at first sight. Cheng Mofei thought to himself as he kept running.
Back in kindergarten, he had used a sour, unripe orange to win over his little boyfriend.
...
As for the matter of Shen Yu and Cheng Mofei getting together, both families were surprised, but they accepted it quite well. After all, they had both watched these children grow up and had already treated them like their own kids.
Once they were together, nothing really changed, they still stuck together all the time and remained as close as ever.
It even led their parents to reasonably suspect that they had secretly been together since high school.
They were speechless.
...
At the beginning of September, on the day of the opening of the school year at Yanda University, Shen Yu and Cheng Mofei moved into the same dorm room.
The dorm was a four-person setup, and the other two roommates weren’t locals, arriving a bit later than them.
As they unpacked, they introduced themselves.
"I’m Xiao Xiong." A chubby guy who seemed quite likeable.
"I’m Sun Xinghe." The other was thinner, occasionally glancing at his phone.
Shen Yu and Cheng Mofei briefly introduced themselves as well but didn’t immediately reveal their relationship status. They decided to wait for a more appropriate moment to let them know.
That evening, after dinner in the school cafeteria, they were walking back together. Sun Xinghe kept his head down, typing away at something on his phone.
Suddenly, he accidentally opened a voice message, and a sweet, feminine voice came through the speaker: “Okay, go ahead, mua.”
The voice message was short, and Sun Xinghe didn’t have time to cancel it before it was already playing aloud.
As the four of them walked together, the three roommates all simultaneously turned their gaze toward Sun Xinghe, whose phone had just blared the voice message.
The looks they gave him were deafening, though they didn't say anything yet, as they were still getting to know each other.
Sun Xinghe awkwardly scratched his head and muttered softly, "My girlfriend."
Xiao Xiong gave him a thumbs-up, then turned to the other two, asking, “You guys don’t have girlfriends, do you?”
Given their looks, it wouldn’t be surprising if they weren’t single.
Cheng Mofei and Shen Yu exchanged a look, each finding amusement in the other's eyes, and then they simultaneously shook their heads.
Xiao Xiong breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s good.”
He had thought he’d be the only single one in the dorm…
But the next moment, Cheng Mofei clasped his hand with Shen Yu’s, proudly announcing, “But we have boyfriends.”
Xiao Xiong: "??!!"
—
That night, in their newly created “11 Building 520” dormitory group chat, Xiao Xiong secretly changed his nickname to a clown emoji.
-End of If line-
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