Platonic Spooning (слэш)

"Are you in love with me?"
Shen Qingqiu was so surprised by the question that he dropped his fan, revealing a look of horror. "Excuse me?"
"You know damn well that that demon’s so-called prediction fits us," Liu Qingge said. "We spend a lot of our time together and dual cultivate regularly. You’re my shixiong; I absolutely trust you to have my back, and you know I’ll do anything in my power to protect you. You’re one of the most important people in my life, but what I feel for you—it’s not—" He didn’t want Shen Qingqiu to think that Liu Qingge didn’t value what they had, but the idea of using the word ‘love’ made him more squeamish than digging through monster guts for a rare cultivation ingredient. "I don’t want our relationship to change," he said. "So if you’re in love with me, I need to know."