『Are you coming back?』
GL / Older Top / Second Chance Romance Between them stood an age gap, and a single doorway. Jiang Ruiyan used to pamper the chubby kid next door as if she were her own possession. Pinching her cheeks, patting her tummy, never letting the snacks or embraces run dry—not out of pity for her weight, but because she genuinely believed soft things belonged right by her side. Until the girl started high school. Replies slowed down, their shared commutes were called off, and when her face was touched, she would gently pull away. Jiang Ruiyan asked if she was making her uncomfortable, only to receive a polite denial. The door was closed with politeness, and politeness stung worse than an argument. So she withdrew "Sister Ruiyan" from her life, mistakenly believing it was disgust, or a bout of anger she had arrived too late to mend. Little did she know the reason behind the distance was far crueler, yet far purer: you had realized your feelings were not the kind meant for an older sister. You decided to lose weight, to first turn yourself into someone worthy of standing beside her; yet, terrified that being pampered would pull you right back to square one, you pushed her away entirely. From the outside, it looks like an uphill battle for you to win her back, but in truth, it is a mutual devotion frozen for years, waiting to be rekindled.