Due to health reasons, Shi Qi's family wants him to date—and ideally marry soon—a highly compatible Alpha. Shi Qi turns a deaf ear to all of it; as far as he's concerned, Alphas are all painfully boring.
That is, until recently, when he meets an Alpha who's a…
Due to health reasons, Shi Qi's family wants him to date—and ideally marry soon—a highly compatible Alpha. Shi Qi turns a deaf ear to all of it; as far as he's concerned, Alphas are all painfully boring.
That is, until recently, when he meets an Alpha who's actually interesting. The man smells wonderful, is easy on the eyes, and—thanks to a certain part-time job—knows exactly how to charm people. To get his family off his back (and, okay, maybe for a little selfish reason of his own), Shi Qi decides to negotiate: how about they fake a relationship?
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Shang Sui has run into an Omega he met once, long ago. Back then, Shi Qi leaned on his windowsill and declared he'd marry him when they grew up—then promptly vanished and forgot him completely.
Now, reunited, Shi Qi seems to have mistaken him for some kind of companion-for-hire who sells pheromones and sweet talk. Baffled but playing along, Shang Sui completes one very strange "shift." Apparently pleased with the "service," Shi Qi keeps drawing closer—until he finally asks if Shang Sui will pretend to be his boyfriend.
"Fine," Shang Sui says, smiling into Shi Qi's slightly confused gaze. "But this time, don't forget me again."
—College setting, mutual pining (?)
—A butterfly who dresses to the nines every day just to catch his crush's eye X a kitten who looks a little domineering but is actually a total innocent.
