Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I’ve always been very good at hiding the fact that I’m gay.

I’m afraid of being discriminated against, and I worry about making everyone around me uncomfortable.

But as luck would have it, on the very first day of university, I fell for my straight roommate at first sight.

This was bad. After all, we were going to be seeing each other constantly.

I didn’t dare show any signs of it. In fact, to hide my true feelings, I frequently went out of my way to pick fights with him.

I’d been pretending to be straight for so long that I’d mastered the art.

Who would have thought that I’d overdo it? Within just a few weeks of the semester starting, Cheng Yang and I had become well-known rivals.

I was just acting.

But Cheng Yang truly saw me as his mortal enemy.

He even targeted me exclusively on the basketball court. It really hurt when that solid body of his slammed into me, and his tongue was just as sharp.

Whether we were teammates or opponents, he didn’t care; the only enemy in his eyes was me.

When we were opponents: “Let him shoot! He’s got no jumper anyway!”

When we were teammates: “Putting a chair here would be better at defense than you!”

Me: “…”

My heart was aching, yet I still had to retaliate fiercely in front of everyone.

Me: “You’re trash. Practice more.”

I’m sorry, you’re not trash at all.

Me: “No need to guard him!”

Let me do it! I want the physical contact, dammit!

Me: “Why are you so soft?”

No, no, no, bro, you look rock hard.

In short, for every word Cheng Yang said to me, I’d fire back ten. By the end of our games, his face would be so dark he looked like he was about to explode.

I realized belatedly-crap, I might have taken things a bit too far.