Mystari's manga / #Unrequited Love(67)

Hotaka, a nurse, is one of five childhood friends, all of them are males. One day Masato, now married and living separately, comes to visit the apartment complex, owned by Yuuji, where the others live. That same day, Chika finds out that Miyabi lends Hotaka a few yaoi manga. After reading some of them, Chika proposes that they start going out until he and Hotaka both find the ones they really want to date. Thinking that he will get bored quickly, Hotaka agrees. After hearing this arrangement, their friends are bothered by it, Masato most of all...

What if you were to meet your childhood friend again after ten years of separation? This was exactly the case for Mitsuya, a recently transferred company executive who found out that the person living three doors down from his new apartment was none other than Noboru, his older's brother best friend... and Mitsuya's first love.

Touma, the ever indifferent adoptive brother, is hurt by Tetsuo's relationship with an older man. Seeing him in tears, Touma realizes his feelings for his brother. But having lost his parents at an early age and been taken in by his kind adoptive parents, this desire feels like a betrayal to his precious family, and is a torture which prevents Touma from moving forward.

1-2) Hirose, a construction worker, has trouble kissing girls because during his days in high school, his best friend Kiriya suggested that they become "kiss friends." When things got too heated, Hirose disappeared from Kiriya's life. Ten years later, Hirose is reunited with Kiriya, who is now working at a host club. 3-5) Office worker Aoe has always been the secluded type that avoids social interactions with other people. His childhood friend Akaya was the complete opposite: cheerful, out-going, and always willing to see the kindness in Aoe's heart. Five years ago, the two boys separated when Akaya moved to Tokyo, but everything is about to change.