Lu Qingyan stayed with Lin You in the hospital for several days, but he could only stay until 6 pm. After 6 pm, visitation to the omega isolation ward wasn’t allowed.
So, during these nights, he stayed alone in the hotel at the vacation resort without Lin You’s lively and noisy presence. He turned on the TV in the living room, and the sounds of gunfire and explosions echoed continuously from the screen. However, he still felt that it was too quiet.
After watching TV for a while, perhaps because he had been so annoyed by Lin You in the afternoon, Lu Qingyan unexpectedly fell asleep.
The TV stopped playing action movies and switched to a romantic film, featuring childhood sweethearts and innocent playmates, an alpha and an omega. They were both good-looking and elegant boys. After school, they held hands and walked home, buying a bouquet of flowers at the entrance of a small alley.
But then, right as they separated, a car accident happened… and cries instantly filled the air.
Lu Qingyan wasn’t awakened by the sound of mournful cries.
He dreamt of Lin You.
Behind a glass wall, Lin You wore a white gown. A slender ankle peeked out from under the robe. He tapped lightly on the floor on his tiptoes.
Lu Qingyan approached and picked Lin You up, placing him on the windowsill. Outside the windowsill, the sunlight was just right, and there were newly sprouted green plants next to the window, trembling in the spring light.
The hospital room clearly had no windows or balcony, but in Lu Qingyan’s dream, they existed.
Sitting on the windowsill, Lin You’s slim legs swayed back and forth, gently stepping on Lu Qingyan’s lap. He looked a bit different from usual, not as lively and mischievous. He didn’t resemble the Lin You who would act like a little trumpet. He was even more unlike how Lin You acted in school, always exuding a sense of arrogance due to his superior fighting skills, and always looking down on the alphas who came to provoke him.
The current Lin You was quiet, soft, and sweet, like a little peach.
Lu Qingyan held him, and he didn’t resist. His hands obediently grasped Lu Qingyan’s sleeve as he kept his head low.
In the dream, Lu Qingyan could hear his own heartbeat pounding.
It was noisy and unsettling.
In the dream, he closely observed Lin You as if meeting him for the first time. He looked at Lin You’s eyes and brows, his soft lips, his delicate chin, and his slender neck.
He even caught a whiff of Lin You’s pheromones.
The scent of orchids engulfed him, like an overwhelming net that captured him within and trapped him there.
This fragrance was also different from the usual. Just a faint smell made a possessive desire surge within him, almost bordering on violence. It felt as if the entire world was his enemy, and he had to thoroughly mark Lin You, hide him away, so that only he could find him.
In the dream, Lu Qingyan clenched his fist.
He gazed at Lin You without saying a word, then suddenly lowered his head and kissed him.
Lin You’s lips were moist, as soft as the peach blossoms in spring. His small, delicate teeth gently parted, allowing Lu Qingyan’s tongue to invade.
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Lu Qingyan pressed Lin You against the windowsill. The windowsill wasn’t wide, but it was just enough for Lin You to fit.
That soft white gown fell to the ground.
Lin You called out Lu Qingyan’s name again, this time with a plea in his voice.
…
When Lu Qingyan woke up from his dream, he realized that he had fallen from the couch onto the floor.
It was probably because he hit his head on the table that it hurt like hell.
But when he woke up, his initial reaction was to reach out to the side, subconsciously thinking that Lin You was beside him. It was only when his hand grasped nothing that he suddenly realized it was just a dream.
A spring dream.
Lu Qingyan’s face turned pale.
He didn’t get up but just stayed sitting on the floor like this.
The lighting inside was a bleak white, casting Lu Qingyan’s shadow on the floor.
He had just dreamt about his best bro.
And he still remembered every detail of the dream.
As a teenage boy, having a spring dream wasn’t a big deal. This was something that could even be shared to chit chat between good bros. But when the person in the dream suddenly became his actual good bro…
It wasn’t a spring dream anymore, but an accident.
Especially when that good bro was no longer a beta but an omega.
Lu Qingyan slowly stood up from the floor and walked into the bathroom. He splashed his face with cold water, instantly bringing him back to his senses.
He didn’t know if he had been influenced by pheromones, causing him to have such an absurd dream.
After all, Lin You’s pheromones were known to induce certain responses in people, especially since they had been in such close proximity yesterday.
He stood in front of the mirror, looking at his reflection.
The person in the mirror didn’t look like a seventeen-year-old at all. He had broad shoulders, long legs, and a calm demeanor, yet sharpness that lingered in the corners of his eyes and brows.
He had always been mature and composed since he was little, far surpassing others of the same age.
But he was still a young man who has yet to reach eighteen years of age, one who had never been in love and didn’t know how to handle the sudden budding of emotions.
In that dream, he wouldn’t have been alarmed no matter who he dreamt about, but it just had to be Lin You.
When Lu Qingyan came out of the bathroom, his phone, which he had placed on the couch, rang.
He walked over and checked his phone.
It was a message from Lin You, asking him to bring him a sea salt mille-feuille tomorrow.
Lu Qingyan pressed his temples, feeling a headache.
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The next day, Lu Qingyan didn’t arrive at the hospital until it was almost noon.
Lin You had been waiting boredly and had started playing Fight the Landlord on his phone in bed. He was losing so badly that he was in the negatives. He rolled his eyes in frustration.
When Lu Qingyan walked in, Lin You leaped up from the bed like a carp and naturally stopped playing.
He dropped his phone and stomped to the glass wall, watching as Lu Qingyan brought the cake in through the small opening for deliveries.
The sea salt mille-feuille was probably just taken out of the fridge not long ago, because when it reached Lin You’s hands, it was still slightly chilled. Lin You couldn’t wait and took a bite. A satisfied smile immediately appeared on his face and his eyes curved into crescents.
For himself, Lu Qingyan brought a cup of coffee; a hameblla latte.
In fact, he didn’t really like coffees with a heavy milk flavor, but Lin You did. When he was ordering at the coffee shop earlier, he didn’t know what came over him, but he ended up ordering this.
Lu Qingyan sipped his coffee while watching Lin You, who had cream all over his mouth.
He couldn’t help but stare at Lin You’s lips, pink and smeared with a light yellow cream, which was then licked clean by his tongue.
He thought of that kiss in the hotel room the day he had brought Lin You to the hospital, where Lin You was under the influence of pheromones and bit his lips.
Lin You focused on eating the cake. After a while, he ordered tomorrow’s dessert from Lu Qingyan, “I want to have cheesecake tomorrow.”
He said it so assertively and confidently, as if there was nothing wrong with this.
Lu Qingyan felt that he shouldn’t spoil him like this anymore.
But when he opened his mouth, he inexplicably said, “Will you boss your boyfriend around like this in the future too? Making him run around for you like this?”
Lin You’s expression immediately showed surprise as he raised his head, “Why would I have a boyfriend??”
Lu Qingyan remained expressionless, the paper coffee cup became slightly flattened in his grip. “Because there’s a higher proportion of males among alphas. Are you not planning on finding an alpha?”
“No way. There are too many arrogant and conceited alphas. Betas are better,” Lin You replied.
That sentence was a dig at all alphas.
It was worthy of receiving criticism for three days and nights if it was posted on the alpha forum at school.
But Lu Qingyan found it quite pleasing to hear.
However, Lin You followed up with another sentence.
“But even if it’s a beta, I still prefer girls.”
Lu Qingyan was unhappy now. He crumpled the empty coffee cup into a ball and threw it into the trash can from a distance. He spoke to Lin You in a lukewarm tone, “You’re discriminating against male betas like us.”
Lin You didn’t know how he had provoked him, so he looked at Lu Qingyan inexplicably.
Lu Qingyan also realized he was being unreasonable. He scratched his head in annoyance, “I woke up late today, and my morning temper still hasn’t subsided. Just ignore me.”
Lin You responded with an “Oh,” and actually stopped bothering him.
Lin You obediently continued playing games on the bed.
Lu Qingyan also lay on the sofa on the other side.
He hadn’t actually woke up too late, more like he hadn’t slept at all. Even now, he didn’t feel sleepy. Instead, he felt restless and troubled.
He used to share everything with Lin You. They were innocent childhood sweethearts that would skip classes together to sneak out at in the middle of the night to watch the lights by the river. They had no secrets between them.
Now, he had a secret that he couldn’t tell Lin You no matter what.
Tomorrow, Lin You would be discharged from the hospital.
His wretched heat cycle was finally coming to an end. Without delaying even for a day, it ended at the perfect time for him to return to school and attend classes. Yesterday, Cai Xiaoguo had even called to inquire about Lin You’s health like an old lady.
But the thought of going back to school, sitting next to Lin You in class, and also sharing a dormitory with him, where he could accidentally touch Lin You just by turning around slightly… left Lu Qingyan feeling distressed.
(ﾉ´ з `)ノ “innocent childhood sweethearts”
im so glad that we’re able to see lqy’s confusion and frustration unlike the common childhood friends to lovers trope where the story started with one of the characters secretly liking the other for a really long time or smth like that
Same, it’s refreshing to see someone actually go through with getting enlightened that they like their bestie
Welp my boy, time to discover your feelings for lin you~ and for lin you to discover his 😊
Thank you for the chapter 💝
FEELINGS!!!!! SOMEBODY CAUGHT FEELINGS!!!!!!
FR?!? HE DIDNT KNOW HE LIKED LIN YOU?? BAE YOUVE BEEN IN DENIAL
It’s so much more relatable to see the character go through the confusion of feelings change/realising there might have been something more, because it is confused af to go through especially if you’ve known each other from you were really young. Speaking from experience. Both mine and my husband’s.