sadslime's manga / #reunited(61)

Isa is a high school teacher troubled by a confession from his student Homura who also happens to be the younger brother of his one and only ex-girlfriend, who he dated until he realized he was gay. He's sure Homura knows and is just trying to tease him, but it turns out Homura's repeated invitations to "play" with him are just the only way he knows how to ask for Isa's affection. Not my favorite couple, but it's fine for what it is. Also includes a oneshot of Yuuji and Manabe, childhood friends who were reunited as a ramen deliveryboy and a policeman, but Yuuji worries that his pure-hearted friend will be disappointed when he realizes he's not the hero Manabe thought he was anymore. Trigger warning: dubcon, statutory rape(?)

Touhou is teacher known for his demonic sternness, so he really wants to keep it under wraps that at night he hires male prostitutes to accompany him. When he hires a new man and his former trouble student Miyamoto shows up, Touhou is eager to get him to leave, but Miyamoto insists on finishing the job. But once the night is over, Touhou starts to worry about his former student and what led him to this lifestyle, so he calls Miyamoto again, leading them to begin meeting regularly. But Miyamoto, who used to hate Touhou for his sternness, has found that his feelings are changing. Trigger warnings: sex work, S&M.

Ch.1-4 - What's Reflected in Your Eyes - Akazawa's workplace is totally full of burly men, except the young and fresh-faced Uzui who he finds easy on the eyes. But when a woman is finally hired in the workplace and Akazawa seems to shift his attention to her, Uzui reacts and lets him know he's been after Akazawa for much longer than he could have known. The following chapters continue their relationship. No trigger warnings. Ch.5 - Kissing on the Virgin Road - Kazu and Yoh have been a couple for years, ever since Kazu begged the matron, Lulu, of a cross-dressing host club(and/or brothel) to give him her number one "girl," Youko (Yoh's drag name) and they ran away together. Now Lulu's come back to check up on them and has reminded Yoh of an old dream he had to be a bride, so Kazu is determined to make his dream wedding happen. Very cute. Trigger warning: possible sex work. Ch.6 - The Rules of Distortion - Hiro confessed his love to his friend Sakou many years ago in high school, and it didn't go well, so he put it behind him, until Sakou showed up broke on his restaurant's doorstep and offered to trade sex for a meal. Now they're basically sex friends who are meeting every week, but Hiro is struggling not to get in too deep, not knowing how Sakou feels. No trigger warnings.

Kaito is a college student with a free and loud sex life that irritates his neighbor, Ryo. But one day, Kaito overhears Ryo on the balcony having phone sex and finds Ryo's voice so sexy he can't help but jerk off. This causes Ryo to basically assault him, after which the two start an ambiguous physical relationship once Kaito can't get Ryo out of his head. Kaito eventually realizes that Ryo is actually the voice on the other end of a kid's help hotline he used to call in middle school and was his first love, before he suddenly quit and broke Kaito's heart. Now that Kaito has realized his feelings for Ryo, but he's scared of what will happen if he reveals everything, but he's desperate not to lose Ryo a second time. After the first sex scene, which is rape (Ryo's stupid denial notwithstanding. "You do realize this is consensual," my ass), the story is actually pretty cute and interesting. Trigger warnings: rape, noncon, sex work, child neglect.

Ch.1-3, 6 - Takehara is a working man at a mall who finds that one of his new coworkers, Amano, was his high school boyfriend who went too far with him physically before he was comfortable, and the two drifted apart. Now, Takehara wants to fix things with Amano, while Amano wants to put the past behind them. Trigger warning: noncon. Ch.4-5 - Chigira is a former athlete who quit after being raped, and he thinks his rapist is now his stalker. After a crazy one night stand with a stranger, he learns the stranger is a cop trying to catch the man who raped him, who has since moved on to others. And the rapist may be closer than he thinks. This story was weird and depressing, not for me. Trigger warnings: rape, stalking, drunk sex.

Yoh is a successful entrepreneur who has the perfect plan to get revenge on his childhood bully Mima by staying at the hotel where Mima works and treating him as a slave. It goes all too smoothly as Mima takes his abuse without question until Yoh demands to know why and Mima's personality does a 180, taking him back to his bully persona from years ago who just loves to see Yoh cry. But this time, Yoh notices something more behind Mima's bullying that keeps him coming back. I actually think their relationship is really cute Trigger warning: bullying.

Minami(omega) is a total fanboy for his favorite omega online vlogger, Mai, so he can't believe his luck when he wins a lottery chance to meet with Mai. But Mai always reminded Minami of his first love Sanei(alpha) who suddenly disappeared from Minami's life and who he later heard died, and when Minami meets Mai in person, the similarities are even more shocking. But Mai insists he's not Sanei and seduces Minami, then ends up working his way into Minami's life until Minami no longer cares if Mai is Sanei or not, as long as they can be together. But Mai/Sanei has a dark past that involves Minami, and Minami is about to find out the truth behind Sanei's disappearance and death. Honestly, I've read this at least 3 times and am still only about 70% sure I understand what's going on. Still, despite the complicated and dark parts, it's a very interesting story with a non-traditional alpha x omega relationship, so I enjoyed reading it, but do be mindful of the trigger warnings as it is not for everyone. Trigger warnings: statutory rape, rape, child grooming, sex slavery, child abuse, murder, threat of suicide.

Tomoya is an up and coming young idol who is secretly gay and treats his first love, Kei, like an idol he stans, with pictures of him all over his room to encourage him. But when Tomoya gets a dangerous stalker, he's assigned a bodyguard who just happens to be Kei. Kei doesn't remember him at first, but when he happens to see the room full of pictures he demands an explanation and remembers Tomoya as the shy kid who almost had sex with him one night years ago. The two get closer as Kei sees how much effort Tomoya is putting in despite starting late as an idol, but when Kei gets hurt protecting Tomoya, Tomoya finds it's his turn to support Kei. Very cute and sexy couple, I enjoyed this one a lot. Trigger warning: stalking, violence.

Miyuki has always dreamed of getting back together with her high school boyfriend, so when she learns he died unexpectedly in a car accident, she gets totally smashed and ends up going home with a guy she mistakes for her ex. The next day, she finds out this man is actually Reiichiro, her new boss at work, and he's not willing to let this go as a one night stand. Miyuki worries that she shouldn't be sleeping with Reiichiro when she's still hung up on her ex, but Reiichiro insists that he won't let her go. Honestly, I think that Reiichiro's initial actions are pretty indefensible, even if it all ends up all right and he's a pretty good boyfriend for the second half. ️Trigger warnings: drunk sex, dubcon.

Akesato is a gay guy who attracts stalkers. After a one-night stand with a guy he met at a bar, the other party reveals his name is Hosokawa, a former classmate that Akesato unthinkingly bullied a bit in high school, causing him to switch schools. Hosokawa declares he's going to make Akesato fall in love with him for revenge, but when Akesato turns him down, he won't take no for an answer, worming his way into Akesato's life. Meanwhile, Akesato has other problems as his stalker is getting worse and worse, and he doesn't want Hosokawa getting mixed up with all this. A bit victim-blamey with the stalking, but otherwise okay. Trigger warnings: bullying, stalking.