Ugly straight guys can.

Hua Jian curled up in bed in his apartment, engrossed in browsing the internet.

Question: [Is it normal for guys to jerk each other off?]

Answer: [Yes, it's normal, but this sort of fantasy doesn't mean you're gay. Rather...]

Hua Jian nodded in satisfaction, then tapped the X to close it.

Question: [Can straight guys and gay guys be good friends?]

Answer: [Ugly straight guys can.]

Hua Jian frowned. What complete nonsense.

He closed it, but couldn't let it go. He opened the answer again and promptly reported it.

Question: [How should a straight guy get along with a gay friend?]

Answer: [Besides being sincere when interacting with gay guys, it's even more important not to let them mistake your behavior for romantic interest. Being overly intimate with him could easily lead to unnecessary emotional complications...]

Hua Jian fell silent.

What should I do?

Bo Lin and I just jerked each other off last night...

Does that count as being overly intimate?

But Bo Lin and I are good friends. Of course we'd have emotional ties.

As for what "overly intimate" means...

Hua Jian narrowed his eyes in thought. Does it mean kissing?

But did I kiss Bo Lin last night?

Yes, and plenty of times. I kept clinging to Bo Lin...

His neck, behind his ears, and his mouth...

Hua Jian licked his dry lips and shook all the filthy thoughts out of his head.

This answer gave Hua Jian pause, but after some hesitation, he saved it along with the others.

He was better off judging what counted as overly intimate for himself.

Only when dusk fell and the entire apartment was shrouded in darkness did Hua Jian finally flop onto his back in bed, exhausted.

He had been using his phone while charging it, and now