I was secretly dating my roommate, the campus heartthrob, Liam. But then, he fell in love at first sight with my sister. He deleted my contact info without hesitation and warned me coldly: "I'm not gay, and I never liked you. You were just a pastime. Don't take it seriously." Afraid I would pester him, he even introduced me to his straight best friend, Tanner. He casually suggested I try to turn Tanner. But I didn't seem to try very hard... and he turned on his own. That day, Liam caught us kissing and punched Tanner like a madman. "You said you didn't like guys, that's why I felt safe introducing you to him." "How dare you kiss my person?!" 1 Inside the basketball court. As the final whistle blew, I walked towards Liam with an iced passion fruit juice in hand. But the scene before me made me stop. My sister, Jenna, had already run up to Liam with water. Liam took it, smiling as he pressed the cold bottle against her cheek. "Cool?" "Mmhmm! But this is for you to drink." "You must be thirsty after playing." Liam's eyes were full of indulgence as he chuckled: "You cooling down is more important. Don't get heatstroke." My sister's face turned redder than before. She turned her head shyly and saw me. She took Liam's hand and walked over to me. Smiling, she introduced us: "Liam, this is my brother." "Bro, this is my boyfriend, Liam." Our eyes met. Liam frowned almost imperceptibly. His gaze on me was cold. Knowing him for so long, it wasn't hard to understand his meaning: He was warning me not to expose our relationship right now. A sense of powerlessness pressed heavily on my chest. I smiled faintly. "Hello." He nodded indifferently, his attitude cold. Jenna noticed the cup in my hand and made a confused sound. "Bro, aren't you allergic to passion fruit?" "Who is that for?" My hand tightened around the cup, and I instinctively looked at Liam. But he just glanced at it and looked away, as if it had nothing to do with him. Jenna caught this. Her gaze darted hesitantly between us. "Bro... why are you looking at Liam...?" Just as the atmosphere turned tense, the passion fruit juice was snatched from my hand. It was Tanner, Liam's teammate. Also the heartthrob of the Computer Science department. He opened the bottle and took a swig. "I asked him to bring it for me." He gave Liam a mocking look and walked away. He didn't even spare a glance for me, still standing there in a daze. Jenna was visibly relieved. But the smile on her lips became a bit stiff. "By the way, Liam, my brother is different from ordinary guys." He raised an eyebrow. "How so?" Jenna's cheerful tone sounded a bit harsh at this moment. She said: "My brother, he's gay." "Do you know what that means?" "It means he could potentially steal you from me!" My hand hanging by my side clenched involuntarily. I looked at Jenna immediately. But the next second, she laughed happily. "Just kidding! My brother definitely wouldn't steal my boyfriend." Liam never looked at me from start to finish. He just smiled casually at Jenna. "I'm straight." "That hypothesis will never stand." In the humid air, the feeling of suffocation was amplified infinitely. I moved my lips. "Jenna, that joke isn't funny." She smiled and didn't reply. 2 Liam didn't return to the dorm until 9 PM. It was a two-person apartment, but most of the time, I was alone. When Liam brought up ending our relationship, I wasn't surprised at all. "Okay." I nodded. Liam paused for a second, seemingly not expecting me to be so decisive. He looked at me silently. After a long time, he spoke lightly. "Josh, I have two conditions." I looked at the man leaning against the door frame, my tone calm. "Go ahead." "I don't want your sister to know about what happened between us." "After all, I never liked you. I've never been gay. You were just a pastime." He paused, lowering his head and curling his lips meaninglessly. "Second, after we break it off, you can't pester me." "Josh." "This is the first time I've liked someone so much. Don't be a stumbling block." 3 I knew why he said that. One day, shortly after Liam and I got together. When we returned to the dorm at night, he pinned me on the bed and kissed me. I saw a lipstick mark on his collar. "Wai... wait." I endured the heat burning my ears. I turned my head to stop him. "Hmm?" Liam wasn't satisfied. He chased after me, pecking at the corner of my mouth. "Not letting me kiss?" I looked at his collar and asked somewhat blankly: "Why is there a lipstick mark here?" He glanced at it and looked away indifferently. Kissing my lips densely, he explained casually: "Went to a club tonight. Someone probably brushed against me." "I didn't notice." My heart, which had just risen, settled down a bit. I lifted my chin and kissed him actively. I said gently, "Then be careful to keep your distance in the future, okay? Don't let people get lipstick on you again." Liam stopped kissing me. He stood up from over me, scrutinizing me from above. "Josh, you're crossing the line." In the moonlight, the man's brow was colder and more distant than the night. I froze for a second, my limbs turning cold involuntarily. But I still asked unwillingly: "Aren't we dating?" "Why... is saying something like that considered crossing the line?" Liam lit a cigarette. Hearing this, he bit the cigarette and smiled absurdly. "You insist we're dating—" He paused and nodded slightly. "That's fine." "But I don't like being restrained. I know my limits." Smoke dispersed between us. The distance radiating from Liam, keeping strangers away, was fully revealed at this moment. "Last point, I don't want anyone to know about our relationship." "Can you accept that?" He looked at me and smiled lightly. "It doesn't matter to me whether we date or not." I thought, he was the first person I liked so much. At that time, just thinking about separating from him felt like dying. So, I endured my red eyes and stood up. Walked over and hugged his waist. My voice passed through my dry throat. After a long while, I trembled: "Okay..." "Liam, I like you..." He gave a "hmm" and bit my ear intimately. His volume was extremely low. "I know." But it was strange. After that day, I was still clingy with Liam. But unconsciously, I prepared an exit. Letting the love drain away bit by bit. 4 My thoughts returned to the present. Liam's words "Don't be a stumbling block" still echoed in my ears. I came back to reality, my expression still calm. "Okay." "Liam, let's part on good terms." "I won't bother you again." He stared at me, unresponsive to my words. A moment later, he spoke in a tone colder than before: "Josh, I hope you do what you say." Liam turned and left after dropping that sentence. "I won't be back to sleep tonight." I hurriedly called out to him. "Liam!" The man stopped. A very light sneer came over. "What?" My tone became much more serious. "Jenna hasn't dated before. Don't hurt her." "After you get together with her, don't be ambiguous with others like before." "She'll be sad." I didn't say the rest. Because I had tried that feeling. It was so uncomfortable it felt like dying. After a few seconds of silence, Liam slowly turned around. He hooked his lips and chuckled. "What do you mean?" "Josh, do you think I messed around when I was with you?" I turned my head away, physically and mentally exhausted to the extreme. Too tired to deal with him. I just said: "You can go." The next second, rapid footsteps sounded behind me. Liam grabbed my wrist and slammed me against the door. I groaned in pain. He was 6'3", four inches taller than me. Even slightly hunched, he was imposing. He slammed his hand heavily on the door panel beside my ear, making my eardrum ache. The hostility around him was impossible to ignore. "Listen carefully, I'll only say this once. As of now." "Except for you, I haven't kissed anyone or slept with anyone."
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