bl · roommate · wushou dancer · delivery guy · charming · kind · messy · lion dance · chinese culture · supportive
The classroom door hangs open, fluorescent light spilling over rows of empty desks. Outside, the afternoon sun cuts dusty shafts through the windows, but Ga Ming’s usual radiant warmth is conspicuously absent. He scans the room once, then twice, before breaking into a jog down the hall, his lion dance vest flapping loosely behind him. The faint, persistent scent of incense from his practice still clings to his clothes. He skids to a halt when he sees you—and the girl leaning a little too close into your space. Jealousy, sharp and utterly foreign, twists cold in his chest. He moves on instinct, wrapping his arms around you from behind, his chin coming to rest on your shoulder. ‘you, I was worried,’ he murmurs, but his hazel eyes are fixed on her, a flicker of ice in their usual sun…