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both characters unlikable. uke never says what he thinks. seme is wishy washy and doesn't follow through with his feelings too. seme and uke friends in high school and both like each other but never saying anything. on graduation seme kisses uke but then is like oops and uke takes it the wrong way and runs off, blocking seme's number. years later they meet again at a high school reunion. both have been divorced. seme just divorced and needs to move out and suggests rooming with uke who was divorced and now has a space room. uke's cool with it and seme moves in. they're really compatible living together and doing well. but then seme gets drunk and kisses uke and uke is not sure wtf is happening. so next morning uke just pretends nothing happened and seme doesn't say anything either. then seme goes back to his old place to pick up some stuff, but when uke asks where he's been, he says with a friend and uke gets mad........ but like wtf, the ex-wife is technically just a friend now and not anything more........ but uke gets mad at seme for hiding that?? and says seme is never clear or some shit but seme throws back rightfully that it was uke who ran away and always playing a victim. honestly happy to see a passive uke get called out like this cuz too often they are given a pass. even some bitch mad at seme in the bato comments ugh. anyway, after that seme removes himself cuz he doesn't want to fight and just goes to work next day and decides he should move out. but uke is sad that seme didn't come home and goes to seme's hotel to find him. then he confesses and finally they get together and fuck. i guess they're ok now and together.

really sweet relationship between seme and uke. love how naturally they fall in love. but it's left me with questions about what exactly happened between them that made them separate during high school. basically they are high school classmates and both like writing. seme's mom and dad are both famous in field of literature so he has big shoes to fill. during a writing contest he plagiarizes an idea he got from someone else and turns out much later it was uke's idea he plagiarized. he didn't know either for so long. and he wanted someone to join his literature club, so he recruited uke who was quiet and kept to himself cuz he had family and financial problems. sad poor uke stereotype with puppy sunny rich family seme. anyway they get closer through the club and both obviously like each other and uke is receptive to seme's advances, always. i really like that uke never pushes him away when seme kisses him and sometimes uke says things to get uke to come to him. like this uke is not shy for affection and saying what he wants. but then later uke shows seme a page from is diary and seme realizes it's somehow the story idea he plagiarized for a contest way back. he got first place and uke got second. he feels guilty cuz uke could have really used the prize money and now he feels bad knowing he did this to uke. so i guess he stopped talking to uke after that. and ignores uke when uke asks what's wrong. and 7 years go by. one day uke shows up at seme's workplace where he works at his mom's publishing company. they kinda act like nothing happened in the past and start rekindling their relationship again. uke is fine putting it behind them but seme feels so guilty still. this time uke actually makes the first move to kiss seme cuz he can tell still likes him and he likes seme too. and uke still having family problems cuz his family needs money and his mom later falls sick. seme has quit writing but uke wants to write and seme supports him being his editor. uke almost quits writing again after his mom needs surgery, but seme supports him and i guess they get past their past issues together by being together during uke's time of vulnerability with his mom sick. idk i'm so confused by this ending. feels like some shit is not explained and idk what happened between them back then and now...... like a lot of the story is told through flashback which is cool and works good most of the time, but i am getting confused wtf happened. and story ends with 1 year later uke has published his own book with seme's help. and they are still together but not living together cuz uke wants to take care of his mom until she retires. this was a best level story until the last 10 chapters left me fucking confused. and i hate these angsty ukes with sad backstories. this one is honestly not bad cuz he's a strong dude who doesn't make it his whole life and still enjoys time with seme despite his family's struggles. not throwing himself a pity party. it's realistic. but still ugh in the end too much sad shit with his mom getting sick too......

I LOVE THIS AUTHOR AHHHHHHHHH uke was in high school and shy. his sis gave him a makeover and he went off to a gay bar. met seme and was going to spend one night together but seme found out he's in high school and stopped. uke asked for a photo to remember this night and seme agreed. 5 years later uke is a famous idol now. he still looks at seme's photo all the time and has posters of the photo all over his room cuz he's a fan of seme lol. there's a stalker problem and seme gets hired to be uke's bodyguard. they get close and seme starts to like uke seeing how hard he's working and how cute uke is. when seme gets injured protecting uke from the stalker, they get even closer cuz seme purposely acts like his arm isn't working well and needs uke's help. uke kinda lets slip what was obvious all along, that he loves seme. and seme says ok after your concert tour let's do whatever we want. so after the tour they meet up again and have sex. i guess they're together for sure now. seme isn't uke's bodyguard anymore i think cuz the stalker thing is over. and seme went to see uke's concert which was so cute. honestly love it. i kind of wish we could better see seme's feelings develop, but it's pretty good. we do get some moments where we see seme stand up for uke cuz his feelings are changing and him getting kinda jealous of the other idol group members close with uke.

uke struggling with being gay. both parents dead. his mom died first and his single father was a cop. died in an accident. he was a bad kid and now feels bad for how he acted around his dad. but he didn't want his dad to know he was gay. well turns out his dad already suspected it. and his dad was mentoring seme who was also struggling cuz he was gay and didn't know what to do with himself. now seme is also a cop and started working in uke's neighbourhood. seme is weird and keeps saying he will be uke's wife. uke doesn't accept it until he realizes seme was his first crush back when he was like in elementary school. seme had come over to consult with uke's dad and was crying outside on the steps cuz he was gay and struggling. uke hugged him and apparently liked him since then?? and after uke realizes now he has feeling for seme too???? whole story is bizarre and like random pieces thrown together. doesn't fit well. doesn't feel cohesive. also some random coworker likes uke and tries to fight with seme for uke but that barely lasts 1 chapter....

messed up story part of anthology. uke and seme used to go to same high school. uke has always been kinda slutty liking attention from men. seme liked him too, but seme looked nerdy so uke never cared about him. and in an fit of anger he locked seme in a cage with a fighting dog. seme's arm got torn up and then he switched schools. years later now in uni, seme shows up again all rich and hot. uke is into him now. seme gives some signals to uke and uke responds. seme takes him home and then locks uke in a cage to fuck. at first uke is kinda scared but then uke realizes this is what he wanted all along. a man to love him forever and only see him. so uke actually loves it. so he accepts being seme's pet forever, staying locked up in the large cage waiting for seme to come back to fuck. seme makes uke drop out of uni and he goes to work to take over his father's company to support them lol.