
I liked this, the only issue I have is I think the seme should have taken more initiative...
Yes, in reality it's hard to give up your pride and admit you like the other person when you don't know if they like you back...
But judging from the seme's personality and how much he likes the uke, it doesn't make sense to me how he only gets pushed by others to move forward.
Not apologizing to the uke in high school, never calling the uke in the 10 years they were apart, not confessing to the uke after they reunited, not going after the uke after he cried and ran away, they all seem like out of character moves for the seme...
I guess all these conflicts are for the sake of the story#-.-)

Well
1- the kid was in high school & the person he liked told him that he hated him. In the ukes eyes he didn’t feel anything cuz that’s what he said, uke deleted his #.
2- they hadn’t seen each other in 10 years. Yeah they both had lingering feelings,, but,, it’s been a whole ass decade they don’t actually know each other. Also he wasn’t sure if uke even remembered him.
3-he always seemed nervous and unconfident in his position w the uke. He was the one who f’d up and he felt like he didn’t DESERVE the uke. it all make sense it’s def not out of character.
I j think this seme is not ur type lol. This story actually seemed p realistic.

I read until chapter 40 something, and I was still confused about who the ML is, so I read some spoilers...In conclusion I'm dropping this ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭

*SPOILERS* (what I read from other comments)
The ML is Emel, Estelle's first bodyguard. He left the FL without saying goodbye because he wanted to get married to her so he needed to gain an equal standing. But instead, the dude got engaged to the princess Iris (who is jealous of the FL), kissed the princess in front of the FL, apparently GOT MARRIED to the princess??! So really a full circle douche eh. He did all these things for the sake of exposing the royal family, but still, unforgivable!
Also I think in the end Emel and Estelle still end up together, so I'm dropping this one HARD.

I get why people are saying this story is realistic, and it is more realistic compared to other yaois about teenage love for sure!
But the fact that the seme and uke are so in love with each other even after 15 years, and their unwavering determination to stay together no matter what, is rare in reality ╥﹏╥
I hope love and relationships in reality can be more like this. This story showed me that if you're with the right person, everything can work out.

tbh I'm disappointed, probably because I didn't read this manga years ago like other commenters here...but I really didn't like the seme( ̄へ ̄)
this story had a lot of potential, and I was very much into it until the seme mentioned his ex girlfriend, after that the whole story just went downhill all the way until the end...

Yeah. He liked her all this time but knew that she liked his brother so he stayed away from her and tried dating however he didn't fall for anyone and kept breaking up untill he met Yuzuru.. but as he said he no longer had feelings for Shino even during the beginning of their dating week.. he just couldn't ignore her because he knew she was miserable because of ber brother.. just like he himself was because of her. Shino however, in her moments of weakness always went to Seryou as she knew his feelings for her and kinda used them to feel loved because she couldn't forgive and get back with his brother despite loving him. (Hope it helps ╥﹏╥)

this is probably an unpopular opinion, but I don't like that rape is still presented as a normal/common thing in the manga...yes, both the seme and uke hate rape/non-consensual sex...but the seme's friends all find that behavior to be very normal and I don't see the seme objecting to their ideals seriously? Everything just gets brushed off
The English translation is updating sooo slowly ╥﹏╥ Does anyone know where to read all chapters?? It's ok if the translation isn't official ┗( T﹏T )┛
Since its officially licensed, groups aren't going to translate it unofficially out of respect for the author
Ah that make's sense, thank you!
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