Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #megane uke(13)

Successful office worker Minakami initially shrugs off new employee Kakuta as dull. But it doesn’t take long for the man’s positive attitude to catch his eye. But Minakami is a man tormented by the actions of his past and when he realises that Kakuta knows who he was, he felt driven to torment his kouhai and bind him to him. However, Kakuta is not the easy pushover his blushing face and sensitive responses would lead you to believe. Quite the opposite. Can Minakami man up and fix the mistakes of his past in order to pave the way for a loving future? Or will he ruin his chance at happiness with someone who genuinely cares?

17yo senior Ono and student teacher, Shiina begin a forbidden relationship in Ono’s final year. Ono (seme) is an ace student. Physically fit, kind, honest about his feelings, and surprisingly assertive. Shiina (uke) is more restrained and reticent with his feelings, but he is swept away by Ono’s puppy like eagerness and love. I liked their dynamic of older uke, younger seme, and I liked that in many ways Ono was more emotionally mature and confident in his feelings than his sensei. I also liked the sexual dominance the younger seme was able to assert over his more delicate delicate sensei but don’t be mistaken into thinking that Shiina was a pushover because he was more than able to be on equal footing with his younger partner. Their romance was pretty fast and sexually intense, but the author balanced that by making it extend beyond the initial love confessions and sexual chemistry to graduation and beyond. I really enjoyed it and you can tell that the author had fun writing it (the moments where Ono was fantasising what he would do to sensei when he was going to visit his home was cute and funny).

A sweet story of a college romance. Tanaka, a reserved otaku university student, is suddenly confessed to, and has his first kiss stolen by, his high-spec classmate Suzuki. Approached by Suzuki, who he’s secretly admired, Tanaka panics and rejects him. But Suzuki isn’t the sort to give up so readily. In determined pursuit, Suzuki confuses his megane sweetheart with kisses and gentle affection. Tanaka gets flustered and can't stop his heart from pounding so he agrees to date but on one condition. No kissing.