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When you don't pick up your boyfriend's calls for three weeks, asshole! How the hell are you so busy for *three* *weeks* that Kotaro can't get a hold of you on the *cellphone*?!?
Nah, you deserved your worry, Ayumi. You brought this on entirely on your own. I'm still glad Kotaro ignored your calls, even if you've made up now. Maybe next time life gets hectic you'll have the basic courtesy to PHONE BACK!!!!
That said, there'd *better* be fluff next chapter! I don't wanna see Kotaro crying anymore!
Kotaro never called Ayumi-san tho. Ayumi was the only one who kept calling Kotaro. I cant see where youre coming from lmao
Well I think he only called once or twice cuz he didn't want to bother ayumi... And ayumi WAS busy which was why he didn't call kotaro when he usually does. But he called back didn't he? And the one ignoring calls after that was kotaro lol
This is long, sorry. It's the type of fan I am. However, I think it makes my point.
ttp://www.mangago.me/read-manga/fushidara_na_hanatsumi_otoko/mi/099e3966120641c6472c6cb93c8b6403_chapter-9/14/
Kotaro calls, then sends Ayumi a message. There is no call back or reply message, followed by a montage of daily life.
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/fushidara_na_hanatsumi_otoko/mi/099e3966120641c6472c6cb93c8b6403_chapter-9/15/
Kotaro calls again, it's implied after a week. He receives one line back in a text, then calls back immediately. No answer.
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/fushidara_na_hanatsumi_otoko/mi/099e3966120641c6472c6cb93c8b6403_chapter-9/16/
Kotaro says, "Since then I haven't been able to reach him... But at least I'm here." In the third panel, which implies that he's phoned more times off screen, followed by, "Ahh, the first time here after two weeks." Which gives us a timeline.
In the next page, Kotaro gets a hug, a kiss, and Ayumi leaves with no explanation, no timeline, and a promise to return that evening. However, on page 22 we see Kotaro fell asleep at 1:25 AM with no Ayumi in sight, and no message. On page 24, there is clearly daylight coming in from behind the curtain when Ayumi comes home. He ruffles Kotaro's hair and heads to bed, without even the basic Japanese greetings.
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/fushidara_na_hanatsumi_otoko/mi/099e3966120641c6472c6cb93c8b6403_chapter-10/8/
Kotaro left a written note informing Ayumi of his plans. There is no response. (I'm not expecting him to send a note, but a text would do)
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/fushidara_na_hanatsumi_otoko/mi/099e3966120641c6472c6cb93c8b6403_chapter-10/9/
Kotaro says, in the bottom right panel, "I couldn't reach him when I wanted to apologize." He also says, in the panel before that, that he had attempted to wake Ayumi to tell him in person, but was unable to manage it. Also, there was a montage panel again, and Kotaro is wearing different clothes. More days have passed.
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/fushidara_na_hanatsumi_otoko/mi/099e3966120641c6472c6cb93c8b6403_chapter-10/15/
The friend asks Ayumi if he has more free time. More. Which means Ayumi has had it, and has just chosen not to contact Kotaro.
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/fushidara_na_hanatsumi_otoko/mi/099e3966120641c6472c6cb93c8b6403_chapter-11/4/
This is the first time we've seen Ayumi contact Kotaro. Our timeline tells us it's been a minimum of two weeks and four days, unless Kotaro changes his clothes halfway through the day. Likely it's been more. We have had five canon active attempts to communicate, and three passive ones, and that's assuming Kotaro has only called once any time he mentions an off-page call. There was only one response, and when Kotaro had done what Ayumi said he'd gotten two complete sentences and a hair ruffle for his trouble.
After that Aymui started calling Kotaro.
Let alone the mind-fuck that *vile* blonde dude gave him, Kotaro has plenty of reason to feel hurt. He absolutely has been ignored by his boyfriend, whom it is made clear several times has never said anything loving or possessive of Kotaro since that first, "You're mine."
Quantity is not the same as quality. Just because Ayumi started spamming Kotaro with calls three weeks in doesn't mean he's off the hook for those three weeks. Kotaro has consistently been attempting to contact Ayumi right up to the point where he's convinced he's about to get either dumped or played. Ayumi has only himself to blame.
I responded to Leech above you if you'd like to see my reply. It got a little out of hand, but I don't want to cut it down. I don't think it would make my point if I did that.
... ok man, chill lol. Just saying kotaro isn't completely innocent either here since he didn't reply after coming to his own conclusions. They're both at fault for not communicating
Ill be honest I didnt read all that lmao but I did read the first few sentences and now I see where youre coming from haha.
Honestly, same. I didn't even click the links lol
I don't mean for that to come across confrontational. When I say, 'that's the sort of fan I am', I just mean that this is the sort of conversation I like having about the things I enjoy. I spent half of work the other day having an on and off conversation with a coworker about how not having the timeskip between Bilbo's birthday and Frodo leaving the Shire changes everything about the dynamic the hobbits have with each other and those around them. That's what I consider fun.
I agree with that. Kotaro shouldn't have ignored Ayumi either. I have to say, though, if it was me I'd have quit calling much sooner than Kotaro did, and I'd be furious and hurt when my boyfriend *did* get back to me. I really don't like feeling like an obligation, so I can be a little touchy about this. I'm more sympathetic towards Kotaro because he didn't stop contact until someone else with a poisonous agenda preyed heavily on his insecurities, while Ayumi just couldn't be bothered, but they both did wrong.
That's fair. I know not everyone enjoys analyzing things the way I do. I've had bad luck with unsupported arguments becoming mud-slinging in the comments, though, so I didn't want to leave the links out.
tl:dr would be "Kotaro has been consistently, if sparingly, attempting to reach Ayumi for almost three weeks, at minimum, before Ayumi showed any concern or reached out at all."
Thanks for hearing me out and trying to see my side, even if it was ridiculously wordy.
It's just a scene, so I can't give you much backstory. The seme is a dark-haired businessman, and when he comes home the lighter-haired uke is following him around the apartment like he wants to be close but not in the way. The sfx was translated as "toddle". I think there may have been an age difference in it.
That's all I've got, sorry. I probably even have it bookmarked, but without remembering the actual *story* I'm not likely to find it.
Thanks for your help!
Following~
Ff.
Found it myself. It's called Kokoro
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kokoro_kanda_neko/
Ran across it again http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kokoro_kanda_neko/
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Thank you :)
This was a spin off in a larger story, which I think has two or three chapters.
In the main story, the uke is a highschool student who is in love with his best friend. He ends up sleeping with the school doctor(the seme) in an attempt to make him not love his friend so much. Eventually he properly falls in love with the seme. Also, the friend finds out that his friend is gay and supports him, though he maybe didn't at first?
The second story, the one I'm thinking of, centers around the swim team at the same school. One of the members is in love with the captain, and every time he sees him he gets hard. Obviously, this is a problem in a speedo. One day he latches on to the friend from the previous story and rather desperately asks him about his gay friend. The friend angrily replies that he won't listen to anyone badmouthing his friend, but the uke admits he's also gay, and in love with someone else. The friend directs him to the doctor for advice. They talk, but in the end the uke decides to quit the swim team. He goes for one last swim when the pool is empty, but is caught by the seme. He doesn't want to answer questions about why he's quitting, so he dunks his head in the pool to avoid them, short-sightedly drowning himself. The seme pulls him out, something that had happened previously to start the crush, and admits that he also likes the uke. They have sex, and the uke decides to be the manager so he can still help the swim team, but isn't showing off his constant erection.
There's a little scene at the end where the uke from the first part asks his lover why he's so certain the classmates' love will go well, and the lover shows the uke an anonymous e-mail he received asking for advice that is the mirror image of the story the uke told.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. My keywords aren't specific enough to help at all, unfortunately.
Thanks!
I'd like to know too, I think I have read this story but I can't recall the title... I remember the art style too but can't remember the author
I think I found it, I'm not sure though, bc I didn't read it, but check this out
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/kiken_na_hokeni_counselor/
*facepalm* That is absolutely it. It's even on my lists. It's just got the write-up from Exclusive Love Contract instead of its own. Thank you very much!
That is very much it, thank you! *looks sheepish* I've actually tagged it and everything so I *could* find it again, but its got the wrong summary. It has the one for Exclusive Love Contract instead. I think I'll have to update my tags to show "wrong summary".
That's true. I wasn't sure because of it, but I think Baka-Updates has a proper summary.
You're very diligent about your tags, I like that (⌒▽⌒)
I feel silly when I waste people's time like this, plus it annoys me when I can't find the manga I want when I want it. The only thing that I don't like is how they sort tags. It means it's hard to find some of my lesser-used ones. On the whole, though, I like being able to tag things, save them for later, or sort them into sections easily.
I wish they would allow us to search by two or more tags combined, it'd be much easier for me.
Heh, I like using tags too, makes my life much more organized xD And it's somehow reassuring.
Oh, I don't think it's a waste of time at all. I love searching for manga (it's like a game for me) and thanks to these requests I can reread some long forgotten stories or find new ones, it's the best xD
That would be *so* much easier. A bunch of other sites (not manga ones, fanfiction and stuff) allow that. And when you pick one tag, the new list has tags used with the other tag so you don't get zero answers. I like those systems.
Reassuring? How so?
My favourite bit about the tags is that if there's one story I like in a collection, but the others don't do it for me, I can write myself little things like "only chapter 4", and then I don't have to search through stuff I know I don't like to find the one chapter I do.
That's good! I do enjoy that as well, actually. I've been introduced to quite a few interesting stories through the questions. I'm not usually a lot of help *finding* them, but I always get childishly excited when I am. Ah well, I suppose that just means I have plenty more to discover!
Yes! That's what I'm talking about! I mean that system sounds good (also something like Baka-Updates provides is ok, but I'd prefer using my own tags).
It's reassuring, when your life is all mess, but there's this one thing you can control, lol. It's like what what people say about e.g. eating disorders or OCD. Heh, I'm not sure if you understand what I mean. Maybe only nuts like me would grasp the idea xD
Oh, I become excited too, when I can find a manga. It's so much fun!
Our fujoshi work will never be done, how can I rest in peace knowing there's still so much yaoi I haven't read?!
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I'm not really familiar with baka-update's way of doing things, but I know I like how on AO3 I can make my own tags. Sometimes I remember stories just because of how the tags were phrased and can search that. Granted, they do author tags only, I think. Still, freeform tags are the way to go. My only problem is that occasionally I'll just grab a tag that says what I want, so mine are a bit of a mix when it comes to capitalization. Which can be a pain, because them there are two categories for the same thing. Still, that's just me not taking the time to pick a system and fix the old tags, so I have no one to blame but myself.
Ah, I see. Yeah, I usually bake. "Everything else is going to hell this week, but I have apple crisp!" You know? Controllable, productive, edible, and a treat. Sometimes I just need all of those things.
True, true! Lol, you would bring up sleeping, wouldn't you? I work nights and am supposed to be asleep right now. Instead, I am reading manga. Because priorities ;)
In that second-to-last scene where he's just *glaring* at that other cat like, "You'd better be nice to my spare human here, I spent a lot of time sorting things out with the Rat!"
Koma is a precious tsundere baby in a way that would annoy me in a human, but is adorable in a cat.