I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #host club(4)

You reap what you sow.

(1) Rin, owner of a host club, mistakes Ayamu as a potential suicide and brings him home to work as a housekeeper in exchange for free rent. Lack of communication leads to misunderstandings when Rin's twin brother and host, Ren, shows up and develops a liking for Ayamu. (2) After Ayamu rejects his advances, Ren decides to console himself with the newest host club member, Shion, only to discover that he has an irrational fear and hatred of men. When a belligerent former associate of Shion's appears, it becomes apparent that Shion's fear and hatred aren't so irrational. (3) Forgettable story about jealousy and meet-ups. (4) Cute story about the Goth clothing fetish.

Motorcycle racer, Hayase Mahiro, has nothing left but crushing debt and a big attitude. Along comes Shiro Kiryuu, handsome strange guy, with a proposal and a lot of intense stares. Kiryuu owns a fancy-schmancy host club, and a widow is willing to pay Mahiro big bucks for dinner companionship and a night of chitchat because he reminds her of her late husband. Mahiro thinks "Hmm, this isn't so bad" because he's completely forgotten the part where Kiryuu laid out the terms of employment where Mahiro has agreed to be his slave. The debt/contract sex theme bears some similarity to Nishimura Shuuko's Kishidou Club Bangaihen, but the set-up isn't quite as novel yet and the key difference is that Mahiro doesn't love Kiryuu ... yet. I presume that will change.

Series of cute short stories. (1) A young man's debt is bought out by the owner of a host club who has ulterior motives. (2) Host #2 keeps refusing Host #1 because he doesn't want to be discarded like all the girlfriends. (3) A man uses a matchmaking service, but never goes on a second date, which throws his male matchmaker into spasms of anxiety. The stories are very gentle and cute. These are the lightest, fluffiest tales.