he steps directly into Chase's chest instead of dropping.

raises a hand and pats Ethan's cheek. Pat. Pat. Pat.

Look at you. Pathetic dog. Get on your knees and bark.

He grabs a bucket of water from the corner, lifts it, and dumps the whole thing over Ethan's head.

ETHAN  伊桑I'm sorry. Sorry you're a dumbass.

CHASEWanna try that again? Apologize to the young master.

Ethan glares straight into his face.

Chase smiles

ETHAN (V.O.)  伊桑（画外音）Here it comes. The idiot's back to settle the score.

If you feel humiliated, that's your problem. All I did was correct your stupid mistake.

Ethan's hands find the edge of the sink behind him and grip it hard.

CHASEYou humiliated me today, four-eyes.

Sadly, tonight you don't get a choice.

CHASEGet off me, you freak. Since when do you get to climb on top of me?

You're freezing to death. Stay down.

thrashes against the wool

his lips purple

Tyler pulls out his phone. The glowing screen fills the dark.

BARTENDER  调酒师"Just go with it," huh? “顺其自然吧”，是吗？(beat)  （停顿）Very convincing.  非常有说服力。

Mason sinks onto Tyler's empty stool and picks up Tyler's half-finished beer.

Tyler pulls the varsity jacket tightly around his chest, pulls his hat low, and flees out the door.

MASON  梅森Since you went viral.  自从你走红以来。

Mason waves his phone.  梅森挥了挥手机。

TYLER  泰勒Since when do you even come to places like this?

Don't make it weird. You looked like you were about to get eaten alive. What else was I supposed to do?

TYLER  泰勒W-why did you... why'd you do that?

(beat)  （停顿）It was nothing. Forget it.

TYLER  泰勒A what?  什么？

Back there, you had a... a...

His eyes drop straight to the small of Tyler's back. He lifts a corner of the jacket and the coat hem beneath it.

TANK-TOP MAN  无袖衫男...Why am I holding a rose?

Mason is the first to let go. Tyler doesn't move. He stays exactly where Mason left him, lips parted, eyes still half-closed.

One second passes. Then another. Mason doesn't let go.

MASON (V.O.)  梅森（原声）It's an act. One second. Then I let go.

TANK-TOP MAN  无袖衫男Then prove he's with you.

MASON  梅森He's with me.  他跟我在一起。

MASON  梅森(low)  (低)I've got you.  我来帮你。

MASON  梅森What the hell is th—

Mason's breath catches in his throat as his gaze locks onto the demonic tail.

Tyler's hitched hoodie slips, exposing the glossy black heart-tipped tail flicking against his bare hip.

MASON  梅森Move!  快走！

His jaw locks hard.

Only the bartender stays clear-eyed. He leans against the counter, wiping a glass, enjoying the show.

Tyler backs straight into the dead-end wooden corner of the bar. The more he panics, the more the tail wriggles. Its heart-shaped tip pokes out from under his hoodie hem, below the coat, flailing in the open air. Tyler stuffs it back down as surrounding men hoist glowing smartphones.

PATRONS  赞助人To the guy in the hat!

PATRON 3To the handsome guy in the hat!

PATRON 1  顾客 1Five-five-five, zero-one-four-two. 555，0142。PATRON 2Five-five-five, eight-eight-three-one. 555，8831。

TYLER  泰勒Get back!  退后！

TANK-TOP MAN  无袖衫男Forget kissing. I'd marry you.

the writhing tail through the coat and down into his waistband.

Tyler perches stiffly on a bar stool, hat pulled low, wildly out of place among the laughing, dancing crowd.

The pink countdown hits 00:00:00.

The tank-top man looks him up and down, amused.

Tyler stares into the beer, swallows hard, and turns.

On the next stool, a man in a tank top sips his drink.

TYLER  泰勒Something... straight.  某种……直的东西。

BARTENDER  调酒师What can I get you?

Hat low, trench coat closed, Tyler stops before the door. Pink and blue neon washes across his face. He takes a deep breath and pushes the door open.

TYLER (V.O.)  泰勒（原声）One kiss. Some stranger. Mason never has to know.

Mason never has to know.

He twists, scratches beneath his shirt, then recoils. His fingers find one raised bump, then a second.

Tyler turns the phone face-down beside his knee.

Tyler sits on the floor beside his bed, scrolling his phone.

time: Day 3 evening  时间：第 3 天晚上

Mason's shadow cuts across the plaza stones as he steps up behind Tyler, hands shoved in his pockets.

Nobody. Just... running lines. For a thing. I gotta go.

Tyler kicks the base, paces, and jabs a finger at the statue.

TYLER  泰勒Hey! Come out right now! Explain what the hell is going on!

Tyler stands directly before the stone Cupid statue under the bright sun, glaring furiously at its carved face.

He thunks his forehead against the wall.

TYLER (V.O.)  泰勒（原声）Every twenty-four hours...

and reset.

Y-yeah. Late. S-super late. Totally.

It's, uh... it's getting late. I should... I'm gonna head back.

Tyler looks at the wall. Mason looks at the floor. Tyler looks at the lamp.

He looks at the ceiling.

Mason jerks upright.

TYLER (V.O.)  泰勒（原声）My first kiss. Ever. And I just gave it to my best friend.

A crack of thunder on the soundtrack.

MASON  梅森Hold still. I'm checking if you have a fever.

TYLER  泰勒D-don't stand so close.  别……别站得那么近。

GAY GOD (V.O.)  “同志之神”（画外音）Kiss a man every twenty-four hours.

(softening)  （软化）Whoa. You catch a cold or something?

and shoves the heavy dorm door firmly shut behind him. T

Tyler dives onto the mattress, hauling the heavy comforter over his bare chest, shirt ripped across the back, twitching black wings, and whipping heart-tipped tail an instant before the door swings open.

Tyler's dorm room

two small black wings

A black tail grows behind him.

MASON  梅森Tyler? You missed practice. You okay? I'm coming in.

What is happening to me?!

TYLER (V.O.)  泰勒（原声）...real.  ……真实的。

TYLER (V.O.)  泰勒（原声）No one else saw him. None of it was...

BROYou good, man? Why are you being so weird?

The guy in pink! All in pink!

...What are you talking about?

You saw that, right? The guy who was just standing there?

TYLER  泰勒Yeah, no. And if I don't?

GAY GOD  “同志之神”Rules are simple, straight boy. Kiss a man every twenty-four hours.

but keeps him beneath the timer.

Tyler presses a hand over his heart.

The Gay God releases. The arrow plunges straight into Tyler’s heart. Tyler staggers as glowing pink numbers ignite above him.

Tyler lifts both hands, trapped among the frozen crowd.

I'm seeing things. I'm seeing things.

Tyler stumbles backward

Baby, that's two offenses.

GAY GOD  “同志之神”

The Gay God rubs the bump on his head and advances one step. Tyler gives ground.

The Cupid statue’s eyes glow pink. The Gay God steps out in a pink sequined suit with no shirt, a thin gold chain, and a silk head scarf.

Every student freezes.

then drops into the trash.

Tyler throws the empty can over his shoulder.

TYLER  泰勒Why can't they go kiss somewhere else? Nobody wants to watch that in public.

Tyler’s scream carries into the daytime plaza and becomes ordinary crowd noise. A male couple kisses beside rainbow balloons and a large printed sign.

ON THE STONE: Kian's locked phone lights up. Notification after notification from the party group chat stacks across the screen.

Kian wipes the water from his face and looks at him.

They kiss underwater

UNDERWATER: Kian has his back against the pool wall. Mason holds his wrist.

JASON  杰森That's weird. I definitely heard a splash.

Kian and Mason exchange a look. They're in trouble.

They pull back inches apart, water dripping between their mouths.

He cups the back of Mason's neck and kisses him.

Kian throws the phone straight into the pool.

I'd really have nothing left.

Kian turns back to him.

Because I like you. It has nothing to do with you.

Kian is silent.  基安沉默不语。

Didn't you say we were only teacher and student? Didn't you say that night in the bathroom was your failure as a teacher?

Kian's hand is still stretched toward the phone. It stops midair, then slowly drops. He turns his face away and tilts his head back so Mason won't see his red eyes.

INSERT: Mason asleep face-down on the sofa, a blanket over him. 插入镜头：梅森趴在沙发上睡着了，身上盖着一条毯子。INSERT: Mason slumped over the desk, chewing a pen cap, frowning at a problem. 插入：梅森趴在桌上，啃着笔帽，皱着眉头思考一道题。INSERT: His first quiz. A C-, with "Improving" written beside it in red ink. 插入：他的第一次测验。得了 C-，旁边用红笔写着“有进步”。INSERT: Mason at the edge of the basketball court, head down, tying his shoelaces. 插入镜头：梅森站在篮球场边，低着头系鞋带。INSERT: Tonight. Mason turning under the party lights, looking straight into the camera.

He snatches the phone.  他一把抢过手机。

You're deleting it?  你要删掉它吗？

MASON  梅森It was just something I said. I never actually meant to...

Kian keeps holding back, though his eyes have long since turned red.

KIANMean by what?  “是什么意思？”

MASON  梅森What the hell did you mean by that?

Night, continuous, moments after Kian walks out

the French doors

(sobering fast)  （清醒的禁食）

Kian doesn't look at him.

MASON  梅森It's not what it looks like. Let me explain—

He takes a tissue from the table and, in front of everyone, carefully wipes his mouth clean. He balls it up and tosses it into the trash.

Kian's expression slowly turns cold.

The last piece is gone

At one centimeter,

ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：

ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：

a chocolate stick

Kian and Mason step up to the table in front of a fruit platter.

Two centimeters!  两厘米！

Kian narrows his eyes.  基安眯起了眼睛。

Afraid of me, Teacher?  老师，你怕我吗？

Mason strolls over,

You can't say no!

JASON  杰森

The living room is packed. Guests sit in twos and threes on the sofas, others sprawl on the rug. Music pulses. Everyone is relaxed and loose.

The weekend, night  时间：周末，晚上

One condition. No nightclubs.

MASON  梅森Jason's birthday party is this weekend.

Kian steps out and closes the door behind him.

his chest.

and then...

I'd spend the whole lecture staring at your face

and pushes up his glasses.

Kian's hand freezes on his.

(low)  (低)

Mason sits at the mahogany desk with paper and pen, pretending to listen. Kian leans over him as usual and takes hold of his writing hand from behind.

Don't forget to take your medicine.

Alone in the silence, his fists slam three times into the comforter, jarring the mattress.

The last trace of a smile leaves Kian's mouth.

MASON (V.O.)  梅森（原声）

MASON (V.O.)  梅森（原声）

MASON  梅森

He leans back against the headboard, hands behind his head.

Mason's heart clenches

(flat)  (平房)

dark circles shadowing his closed eyes.

MASON (V.O.)  梅森（原声）

He stops.  他停了下来。

KIAN (V.O.)  KIAN（画外音）

Without his glasses

On the nightstand, an unlabelled medicine vial sits beside a glass of water.

from his limp fingers

(muttering)  （嘟囔着）

He touches his lips with his thumb

MASON (V.O.)  梅森（原声）

In Chloe's hand, her phone vibrates. The screen lights up: MARCUS. 克洛伊手里的手机震动了一下。屏幕亮了起来：马库斯。Ethan's eyes drop to it. 伊桑的目光落在了那上面。CLOSE ON CHLOE: her smile gone, staring at the name.

the empty cup still in his pocket.

ETHAN  伊桑

ETHAN  伊桑

He bends, snatches up a sheet, and grips it to rip it in half.

Kevin's empty cup remains jammed in Ethan's suit pocket.

the impact echoing across the live speakerphone as Kevin recoils.

Chloe's fingers unconsciously dig into Ethan's arm.

makeup employee flinches,

Deathly silence.

LAWYER  律师

The office erupts in jeers. Every phone is up, every face waiting to watch the clown get crushed.

BASEBALL-CAP EMPLOYEE  戴棒球帽的员工

The young Miss

Ethan looks down at the coffee dripping off his shoes.