The Scent of Cinnamon and Rain.

For ten years, Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo were invisible. Raised inside the freezing, nameless dormitories of St. Jude's Orphanage, they survived by anchoring themselves to one another. Xiao Zhan was the fierce, protective artist; Wang Yibo was the submissive, practical shadow who sacrificed his own dreams to buy Zhan's oil paints. But when the glittering, toxic world of the Fine Arts Academy offers Xiao Zhan a mirage of gold, his rising corporate status blinds him. In a single, devastating six-month fracture of unfaithfulness and pride, he throws away their ten-year sanctuary for a solo contract in Paris.
He leaves behind a cold bag of cinnamon pastries on the entryway table. He thinks he is stepping into a palace.