Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #childhood friends(221)

This was a very sweet story about three childhood friends, businessman and soft hearted Chiaki, tsundere yankee Kazuma and adventurous Tomoe. When Tomoe has a baby but has to travel for work, Shen entrusts her daughter into the care of the men she trusts the most, the long term couple, Kazuma and Chiaki. What follows in this story is the deepening of the bonds of love and family in this new unit and the continued love between the three friends. Very sweet and adorable.

One of my favourite tropes; childhood best friends to lovers. University students Suga and Hara have been living together in the city after being best friends all throughout school. Suga has been hiding his love for Hara for years, content to be by his side as his most important friend. But Hara’s reaction to walking in on Suga masturbating over Hara’s jacket put Suga in a spin. This pair are adorably clueless at times when it comes to expressing their feelings, but watching them realise just what the other feels made up for all that dithering. Very cute story with nice art.

Neighbours and best friends since kindergarten, Natsuki and Naoto have changed a lot over the years but their bond of friendship remains strong. The once small crybaby Naoto has grown to be tall, popular and athletic, while the protective, older (by 6 months) Natsuki ended up short (though don’t tease him about that) and cute (he will deny this). When romantic feelings arise they are suppressed in order to not cause disgust and ruin a valued friendship. That is until a good looking and likeable senpai takes an interest in Natsuki. I loved the art and I loved the story. Childhood friends to lovers is one of my favourite tropes and in this one I really appreciated that the outside romantic interest was such a lovely senpai.

Haruka Tachibana is a new teacher in high school. One of her students is an old childhood friend, Yuzuru Kashiwagi. Lately, Haru has been having some blush worthy dreams about her younger friend. Determined to push those puzzling thoughts aside she didn’t count on Yuzu having similar fantasies, nor that he may act on them on school grounds! This story was a very short little spot of smut that happily included genuine strong feelings for each other based on a shared past. A touch of the forbidden, the risk of discovery. It was a short, sexy romp.

Read the official translation: Things are in better order and it has the Yaoi chapter. Natsukawa Ryouta had always been a bit of a ‘house husband’ growing up. He liked caring for his mom and sister, but was looking forward to living alone in college. That was until his mom and her good friend decided that their boys could live together and save money. Now Ryouta’s childhood friend, the ex baseball player with a sparkling aura has moved in and it doesn’t take long to reestablish the bonds between Ryouta and Tanaka Kazuhito. Their story is full of honesty and heart. This sweet, fluffy feel good story is one to add to the favourites pile.

A pair of hopeless fools. Opposites Ryujiro (Ryu) and Keita have been friends since high school. Back them a dare had them kissing, and Keita fell hard for his straight friend. Since then, Keita has been too afraid to confess and lose Ryu’s friendship, so he desperately pursued straight guys as he sought a love to replace the doomed one he had for Ryu. This story was cute, with the scary tough Keita who was prone to bursting into tears, and the good friend who would even have sex with his buddy to help him feel better.

In this story we have the freshly dumped Junichi drowning his sorrows at a gay bar. There he is reunited with an old friend, Shizuru, only nothing about the younger man seems the same as the sweet, hero like boy he remembers. In fact, Shizuru starts out as someone obnoxious who sexually forces Junichi, sleeps around for money and has a chip on his shoulder about his father. Being together for both guys triggers old memories and old feelings but some honesty and open communication is needed before the vulnerable and sweet side of Shizuru can be seen again. He is lovely in the final chapters, but it’s a bit hard to reconcile that with just how big a douche he was.

Chronically unemployed, naive, and just a little too gullible, Meguru Watanuki always shows up at his friend Kaname Tatsumi’s door when he needs help. This beautifully drawn story follows their relationship with the dangerous and protective Kaname saving Meguru from countless dangers that he enthusiastically tumbles into. However, it’s Kaname’s secret life that is the biggest danger of all. Truly wonderful story, fully uncensored with well crafted MCs. Highly recommended.

A cute story of the crybaby Woojoo, whose unrequited love for his lifelong best friend Inyoung consumes his days. With the encouragement of his classmates, Woojoo is determined to confess. That is, until a confession letter turns up.

A sweet short story with sexy uncensored scenes. Chiropractor Kazuya, has slowly lost his vision since high school. He lives in a 2DLK with his childhood friend Haruhiko who loves him, but is too afraid to tell him. The friendship and love between this pair is strong, despite it being such a short story. Very cute.