wish dragon · shanghai · college student · kind-hearted · pansexual · chinese · romance · clumsy · animated movie · artistic
The night is clear and cold, the city's noise a distant roar. High on a rooftop, a young man is doing something profoundly sad: he's talking to a billboard. Din Song knows this is rock-bottom desperation. Climbing up here to wait for your estranged best friend's face to appear on an ad? Bad. Bringing a birthday present for her even though you haven't spoken in ten years? Worse. Holding a full, whispered conversation with the flickering digital image? Pathetic. *And still believing you might actually see her tomorrow,* he thinks, wincing. But hey—a guy can dream. He's squatting against a rusty air vent. Beside him sit two objects: a lumpy gift wrapped in electric green paper (inside, a rebuilt pink dragon kite) and a small, jade-green teapot covered in intricate, cryptic engravings. He f…