ROMANCE

Includes stories about two different couples: 1) "Hitotsu no Koi no Hajimari" (Beginning of love) 2-3) "Hitotsu no Koi no Ikisaki" 4-6) "Gohoubi wo Ageyou" 7) "Hitotsu no Koi no Nichijou"

Xander, prodigal prince and the infamous firstborn heir to the throne of Kyonos, a small island kingdom in the Aegean Sea, has returned home. Layna is at a loss for words when her former fiance, who now appears before her for the first time in fifteen years, demands that she come with him. Once a candidate to be queen, Layna is now a shadow of her former self, living a quiet life as a nun in training. So why has he returned now? It's because of him that Layna's heart and body are permanently scarred, so she refuses his command. But resisting him won't be so easy.

Kyouichi and Shouma meet again on the beaches of Okinawa after parting nearly a year ago when their relationship as step-brothers ceased to be. Before their parent's divorce, Kyouichi kept his feelings secret all this time for the sake of their family, but can he keep them hidden when he's pushed to the edge under the sweltering summer sun.

A collection of stories about the unexplainable pangs that prickle your heart during the beginning stages of love. "My First Love: Big Honey": Tatsunori goes through relationships (and break-ups) like the seasons. He can only date guys that he finds attractive, guys that look like Keito, an old, unrequited love from high school. And as luck would have it, Tatsu and Keito meet again in university, but Keito looks nothing like he used to in high school. "Roommates and Physical Bonding": Kensei welcomes John, a foreign exchange student from America, into his apartment as a new roommate, a decision Kensei has regretted ever since, as John is a stickler for tidiness while Kensei is... well... not. Will the two ever be able to coexist peacefully? Or maybe there is some heart behind their bickering? "Lovers' Stairway": Masa and Fuji know that everybody is doing it; they even witnessed it themselves in the school bathroom. But all they've ever done is a kiss. What will they do when a golden opportunity arises and they find themselves alone in a locked room? "If This Feeling Can Be Called Love": Misono has always been the shining star on a clear path to success. With top grades and social skills in high school, no one was surprised when he graduated from a famous university and entered a big-name trading company. But even on his elite path, there was one person Misono could never win over, much to his frustration. Sakura, the weird outcast of his class and was always unimpressed by Misono's eliteness. What was it about Sakura that made Misono tick? And why is he still frustrated even when they meet again years after high school?

Akiyama just started working, but he's extremely annoyed because he has to take over the duties of his senior who suddenly quit...! Daydreaming about having a boyfriend who'd make him feel better... makes him take the leap to request the visit of a call boy specialized in gay men! The one knocking on his door was Aoi, a super cute call boy. As they started making out, just touching the flirtatious and sexy Aoi makes Akiyama rock hard...!! On top of that, Aoi's passionate fellatio pushes him over the edge. It feels so good it's crazy...! This is the heart-pounding love story of a younger, virgin salary man with an older, sexy call boy!

Kyouka, a sixteen-year-old, will be a winner today, the first day at the new school to which she has just transferred! She will definitely get a great boyfriend and say her goodbyes to those lonely days!! Kyouka has two brothers who love her a lot. Every guy who comes close to Kyouka is kicked out by them, thus she has no boyfriend. But she finally found an ideal prince... or that's what she thought. This guy, Maki, is actually a perverted prince!?* Also includes two short stories in volume 2:• Nanisama?! OresamaSatomi loves Yuuya a little too much and is totally wrapped around his little finger. But, if this continues, instead of becoming his girlfriend, she'll forever remain his gofer. Will Satomi do something to find out exactly where she stands with Yuuya?• Ijiwaru wa KuchibiruDuring Shiori's fifteenth spring, she fell in love with the idol Shuu Kitamura. She was even lucky enough to get to meet him in person, but she realizes he's nothing but a fraud! However, due to certain circumstances, Shiori becomes Shuu's personal assistant!?

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Three words sealed his fate... People pleaser Kakeru Senma's spent his whole life putting on a smile, and it's made his life easy. Everybody likes him. That is, until a total stranger, Makoto Takafuji, comes up to him and says, "I hate you." Swallowing his shock and anger, Kakeru vows to avoid the guy at all costs, but for some reason he keeps popping up everywhere!! Just when he's wracking his brains for some solution to his predicament, Kakeru is captivated by the sight of Makoto sternly practicing Japanese archery. Maybe he's not such a bad guy after all... Then again, he's always stealing kisses and feeling him up without warning!

Mom ran away with a younger man? Still doubting the situation, Rachel goes on a mission to a Caribbean island. She can't believe that strong and sexy Matthew Brody, who owns the majority of the island along with a hotel and plantation, is really her mother's lover! Rachel begins associating with Matthew under a fake name, but she notices that her heartbeat quickly responds each time he touches her. She longs to lose herself in his sweet invitation... And even though she knows he's her mother's fiance, she offers her body and soul to him!

Tomoaki Takanashi has just started at his first proper job and soon learns that his manager, Chikashi Tokunaga, is gay. The other employees all know, too, but they also all know that Chikashi's romantically interested in Mr. Furuya, the CEO. Although Tomoaki's taken aback by such an open and welcoming company, he soon realizes that he can't keep his eyes off Chikashi. Are these feelings... love!? This is a cute love story between a straight subordinate and his gay manager.

Rina, a dispatch secretary, was dumped by her fiancé of five years one week before her wedding. Suffering from a wounded heart, Rina accepts an invitation from her twin sister, Sara, to come to Isla Sagrado—a country on the other side of the world. When Sara meets Rina there, she shoves a letter into Rina’s hand and then immediately flees. Inside the letter is an expensive ring and a written plea for Rina to pose as her sister. “How can she ask me to deceive her fiancé when she knows mine just broke up with me?” To make matters more difficult for Rina, the fiancé, Reynard, is essentially royalty, and he’s a gorgeous millionaire!

She gave birth to their baby named Xiaobai after being framed. When they meet again in five years, the cold-hearted CEO keeps her with him to refute the rumor. After all, he doesn't seem to be all that terrible... The story starts when Xiaobai gets into a fight with a boy from a privileged family. This time, Xiaobai's father shows up on time for his rescue...

Spring. In the prestigious magic school of Kimberly, this year ushers in another wave of new students. Clothed in black robes with a white cane and sword strapped to the hip, within his chest he hides pride and a mission. As the sakura flutter in full bloom, the budding magicians are welcomed by a parade of magic creatures. However, they were allowed only a moment of leisure. An underground labyrinth that swallows up students on whim, upperclassmen that resemble monsters, and a faction that opposes human rights for demi-humans. While trying to survive in an ominous and terrifying place with his companions, Oliver forms a connection with a single girl with a Japanese sword strapped to her hip, the samurai girl Nanao. The story where their two swords clash, begins now.

Long before the events of Don’t Call Me Dirty, Hanao Kaji and Ryuuji Mita were close friends... When Ryuuji is left to raise his son Shouji as a single father, Hanao steps up to help him out. At first, their family life is happy and content, but Hanao's true feelings for Ryuuji become more and more difficult for him to ignore. The pressure of staying closeted eventually becomes too much to bear; Hanao leaves, choosing to run from his feelings and his fears of somehow “messing up” Shouji’s life when he starts getting teased at school for having two dads. Years later, when he comes home to care for his aging father and ends up advising Shouji on his blossoming relationship with Hama, Hanao realizes it's time to face his own past… and his future

Love isn't always sweet. Megumu has buried her emotions and cast away her cute side so that she'll never experience that pain again. One day, her ex-boyfriend, Mirai, who suddenly left to study in America, appears before her very eyes. Feelings she had forgotten suddenly come back when she sees his face. Megumu thought that love was over, but the confusion in her heart is telling her otherwise...

From Blissful Sin: "Please marry me, Asakusa." Though, I thought I was asking where Asakusa was. Alex, a traveler from England, wanted to get to his destination, Asakusa, but he got lost in a quiet residential area. He unleashed the only Japanese words he knew at a man walking towards him, incorrect Japanese taught to him by a friend who was playing a prank! But the other person blushed and replied, "Yes"...?

"Jiyeon finds herself in disbelief after waking up next to someone twelve years younger. As she tries to gather her thoughts, she can’t wrap her head around the situation—she just had a one-night stand with a guy who used to be just a kid in her eyes. Five years ago, Minjun, the neighborhood high schooler, confessed his feelings to her, but she didn’t take him seriously. Now, he’s back, no longer a boy, but a man. After a chance encounter at a bar, Jiyeon reconnects with Minjun, who is now a bartender. As their past connection resurfaces, Jiyeon is torn between the memories of the boy he was and the man he's become. Minjun is determined not to lose her this time, and Jiyeon must come to terms with the fact that he’s no longer the playful kid—he’s grown up and ready for something real."

왜 수능 전날 판타지 소설을 읽으면 안 되는가? 거기엔 대략 세 가지 이유가 있다. 1. 수능 전날 판타지 소설을 읽으면 높은 확률로 트럭에 치여 빙의되기 때문에. 2. 보통 입시를 코앞에 두고 죽은 대한민국 고3은 이세계에 가면 먼치킨이 되기 때문에. 3. 그럼에도 그 먼치킨이 되기 전까지 온갖 개고생을 다 하기 때문에. 수능 전날 17권짜리 정통 판타지 소설 <이르커스의 서>를 읽은 죄로, 한유안은 수능 보러 가는 길에 트럭에 치여 죽고 만다. 9월 모의고사 만점자의 수능 당일 사망을 하늘도 안타깝게 여겼던 걸까? 한유안은 <이르커스의 서> 세계관에 냅다 떨어진다. 드디어 이세계 고등학생 깽판물의 시작인가? 라는 기대도 잠시. 언어 안 통하는 것도 억울해 죽겠는데, 황궁에 잘못 떨어져서 황비의 애완 인간으로 전락해 버렸다. 심지어 주인공 등장까지는 아직 4세기나 남았다. 남들은 소설에 빙의하면 호의호식하고 잘만 산다던데, 전생에 무슨 죄를 지은 게 틀림없었다. 나라라도 팔아먹은 게 아니라면 영생 저주에 걸릴 리가 없으니까. 이리 구르고 저리 구르며 400년을 살다 보니 그만 대현자 칭호까지 달고만 한유안은 이제 정말…… 그냥 곱게 죽고 싶다. 그러나 죽기 위해선 저주를 남기고 떠난 마녀, 예카리나의 후손을 꼭 황제로 만들어야만 하는데……. “당신은 누구야? 날 왜 도와주지?” ‘신이시여, 이제 드디어 절 죽여 줄 마음이 드셨나요? 감사합니다!’ 정말 신이 준 400살 생일 선물일까? 예카리나의 후예이자 이 소설 속 주인공이 넝쿨째 굴러 들어왔다.

Yahiro, born with the worst travel luck since childhood, is sent on an overseas business trip after joining the company, and as expected, he ends up being robbed in a foreign country.With his consciousness fading, the next thing he sees is a beautiful paradise and a brown-skinned, sturdy, handsome man...?Yahiro realizes that death is imminent in a world so far removed from reality, but the brown-skinned man leads him into a world of pleasure.Yahiro is so comfortable in his dream, only to be told that he is neither in the afterlife nor in a dream, but in the mansion of Nezark, the handsome man who rescued him after he fainted...?

A certain incident caused Sakura's life to end. Just when she was feeling down thinking that her life has ended, she suddenly found that she had reincarnated into the world of a novel she once read!... But she had reincarnated as the villanous noble lady Claudia. She possessed the blessing of Spirit King of Darkness and is hated by those around her; what's more, she was fated to die a tragic death! There's no way I'd let both my previous and present lives end in tragedy! She had began to change the future, but...

1-4) Dangerous school counselor After accidentally kissing a male classmate in school, Ryou suffers as the students whisper and spread rumours about him. Feeling ostracised Ryou keeps to himself - only to wind up in the clutches of the schools counsellor. Will this relationship blossom? Can it last? And what would happen if someone found out?! From GOKI408 : 4.5) When i think of you in the water. Kawai's in love with his friend Todou. But because they are in differente classe. He had to join the swimming club to be able to see Todou. But because of his habit to always look at todou during his practice, he keep being turning on seeing him in his swimsuit ! Now he can't even be in the same pool as him... will he quite ? 5) Extra of Dangerouse school counselor. 5.5) Short extra When i think of you in the water.

Salaryman Hyouzaki is a carnivorous leopard, but he's been rejected by a girl once again tonight... While he's drinking at a bar, a flirtatious-looking herbivorous rabbit named Udou appears. Even though they've only just met, Udou finds out that Hyouzaki has been dumped. He asks "Would you like me to teach you how to hunt for your prey?" and then Hyouzaki is forced to contend with a male in heat for the first time...!? "I'm a carnivore, and I'm being eaten by an herbivore...!?" A BL story about a scheming rabbit with an insatiable appetite for sex dominating a leopard with a weakness for pleasure!

Since ancient times, humans and demons of the Divine Land have considered each other sworn enemies. After an unexpected turn of events, the princess of the demon race and a young, demon-loathing Taoist named Zhang Kuangyun become partners and are forced to “assist in capturing demons”… Misunderstandings arise as they disagree on the capture of demons. A fellow sect member is revealed to be the “mastermind”, flames of wrath and vengeance are ignited, secret schemes slowly unfold, and a wedding gown becomes painted in fire and blood — all of which weave into this emotional Xianxia tale.

From Sunday Scans: “Admit it... you're about to indulge in me.” I, an insignificant 27-year-old office worker, got involved with a drunkard in front of my house... I was scared when I thought he was going to enter my house, but a passing post office worker saved me. A few days later, I met him at a drinking party and he sent me home after I got drunk. I thought of myself as someone who brings misfortune to everyone around me. That’s why, when I was feeling sorry for the trouble I caused him in succession, he hugged me.... I used to think that sex was just a painful experience, but when he played with and caressed my body with his fingertips, it felt incredibly good. After that, my drunk neighbor turned into a stalker, so I ended up living with him. His house is a splendid high-class apartment building and he said I could pay the rent with my body. It feels so good that I feel like I'm going crazy, but what will I do when it happens every day?!

Tae-jun who has become a police officer with his dream of becoming a police officer has high hopes that he will become an idol for the citizens, but he is transferred to a peaceful rural area.Then one day, while on patrol, he meets Jiwoo in the fields, thinks he is a thief, and arrests him

Pure Love Strip Yuuko is in her third year in Junior High (freshman in high school in US). She is a glasses wearing...four eyed nerd. She's suddenly getting tutoring from perfect Ryuunosuke-kun, but that is not the only thing that Yuuko is getting tutoring for...Yuuko's dangerous summer hoilday is about to begin! Doting Love Strip The continuing story after Pure Love Strip. After their first time.. he has started wanting it... every day!? Lavish Love Strip The continuing story after Pure Love Strip and Doting Love Strip. Perhaps the smuttiest installment so far? Yagami is tutoring Yuuko so that they can be in the same High School... But is his need for a wild sex life going to interfere with Yuuko's studies??

Daniella was desperate to save her mother, so she decided to look for a husband in a matchmaking agency. But who would want to marry a poor girl like her and shoulder her mother's medical expenses? Then a miracle happened, and she found the perfect match: Leo, an investor who also happened to be a billionaire. Daniella was thankful for her unbelievable luck. She met him for the first time on their wedding day, and when she laid eyes on him, her heart skipped a beat. But why did Leo avoid kissing her at their wedding and sleep in a separate room on their first night as a married couple?

*Nameverse* Three years ago, Son Je-wan, who unusually won the main announcer position despite being a newcomer, lost everything due to an unexpected problem. The problem is 'prosopagnosia', the inability to recognise people's faces. After learning that the name engraved on his body is the cause, Son Je-wan wanders around looking for the owner of the name in order to regain his place. As a result, he finds out that the owner of the name is Lee Jin, the young writer he had a crush on three years ago... . "Sleep with me, regularly. "I'll give you as much as you want." "This..., this... my ...." The conflicted contract romance between Lee Jin, the youngest writer in his later years, and Son Je-wan, the most popular announcer!

1. Outrageous MenMari and younger Eiji work for the same company, and they are secretly in love. Mari feels happy with him, because he is gentle, dependent on her, and cute. When she visits him at home for the first time, she is shocked to know that he is a brother of her former boyfriend Yuichi…! In her college days, she couldn’t get along with Yuichi because he was too pushy. Therefore, she chose to part with him, but...2. Love CommunicationTanabe Sumire has trouble dealing with her client Haga Takahiko... but when her mom pushes her to go for a match-making session her partner is none other than Takahiko and after a pretening to date him she realized she is falling for him. Will love communication help in solving her problems...?3. Marriage PinkYamashita Riko and Hayashi Ryoji are lovey-dovey couple about to get married. But after her first time staying with Ryoji, Riko realizes that sex with Ryoji is so violent that it drains her out. Worried she might not be able to get wedding preprations done she started avoiding Ryoji's invitations... Is this another case of wedding blues or rather wedding pinks in case of Riko...?4. Can't Take Away My TreasuresKondou Miyuki is a host of show "Cooking in 10 Minutes" but a lousy cleaner because she can't throw anything away. The next show that requested herappearance is a Live Broacast called "let's go people's Home!". Panicked Miyuki decides to clean her room. Luckily she runs into Hasegawa Nozomu a pharmaceutical consumer researcher while purchasing cleaning items whom she asks to prove the products use by cleaning her apartment. What will become of her messed-up house and her Live Broadcast...?5. Calling For LoveKitou Kazuki after becoming jobless, homeless, and divoced ends up at Shibata Kouichi's place. Kazuki always sees Kouichi as her junior from high school but that changes when he declares his love for her. Will Kazuki respond to his call of love...?

Dana is an archaelogist, who has discovered an artifact, which according to her confirms the presence of witches in this world. It also proves that 'witch hunts' were not all lies.

Hinako, a 30-year-old virgin, has always had relationship problems. Due to her dirt phobia, she punches any guy who touches her. Desperate to find someone to love and help her graduate from being a virgin, she takes her much younger co-worker Kai up on his offer to date his friend Machida. Will she finally be free from her virginity streak and find someone to love her despite her phobia?

As a young child, Lily was sold into slavery by her own parents, never knowing the meaning of freedom. With a scarred body and soul, she trudged through life, questioning the purpose of her existence. As Lily grappled with her grim fate, Sir Ortiz, the Captain of the Knights, unexpectedly entered her life. His kindness and encouragement breathed hope into Lily's spirit, coaxing her to embrace the concept of living freely, a notion foreign to her battered heart. However, a profound secret cloaked Ortiz—he was not merely human, but also half-beast, a kind universally hunted across the country. Their paths, destined never to intersect in the ordinary course of life, have woven together in an extraordinary tapestry of fate. The half-beast and the slave girl have chosen each other, against all odds. But what destiny lies in wait for them?

Ikeda, high school student is a stalker of a nice, easy-going guy, Aizawa Kentaru... Aizawa's things suddenly started to get missing about which he inform his friend only to find out later that all his thing were taken by Ikeda who clumsily, quite guy claim to be his stalker & ask his permission to appoint him as his official stalker. Will Aizawa accept Ikeda's offer?

The day of her husband’s funeral, Christine reunites with her past lover Anatole. He is her late husband’s nephew and a successful CEO. Five years ago, Christine spent a dreamlike time with the gorgeous Prince Charming and instantly fell for him…until he dumped her saying that he had no intention of getting married. In her despair, Christine found comfort with Anatole’s uncle, Vasilis, and married him instead. Anatole thinks of Christine as a gold digger who seduced his uncle for his fortune, but there was actually a secret reason behind their marriage…

Lablaine had already lived her life three times, and was now living it again. Due to a misinterpretation of an oracle, she had been raised as a "Child of Fate" and was asked to choose a guardian. During the first time she lived her life, she lived in a strict knight's household, but when the real "Child of Fate" appeared, she was sacrificed as a scapegoat for them. During the second time, she was abused by an outwardly respectable scholar; the third time, she ran away and lived as a beggar. Since the country seems to not be safe for her, she decided to leave it this time. To that end she chose… a family of the biggest and coldest villains in the kingdom. She just tried to get along with them for the time being, but her family has turned out to be absurdly overprotective and doting?!

*Omegaverse + Animal Characteristics* In this world exist “normal” human beings and those with ears called “beasts”. Beasts have a unique body, that experiences heats/ruts, and pregnancy between the same sex is possible. Akira, a veterinary specialist, meets Sougo, a beast who has lived an arrogant life based on his instincts, and after many twists and turns, they become a couple. Akira and Sougo are blessed with three cute sons and are living a happy life, but one night, a sad-looking Kazuhisa visits the Kijima family.

She might risk her heart for Jacob, but she won’t risk her child. Two years have passed since KC’s affair with Jacob, a rich businessman, came to an end. No one would’ve thought that Jacob, the CEO of a large company in Philadelphia, would return to their small town. Back when KC was pregnant with Jacob’s child, his grandfather forced her to cut ties with Jacob in exchange for money. He even had the temerity to order her to get an abortion. Back then KC fled town, only returning after she learned of the grandfather’s death. Now Jacob has run into KC and her child, and he has questions!

In her seventeenth summer, Tabby fell in love. Tabby and Christien swore their love for each other, but their relationship ended with a nightmare that tore their families apart. Four years later, the two unexpectedly reunite. Tabby has inherited a cottage on Christien's family land, and suddenly, he appears demanding that she sell the cottage to him and leave. But Tabby desperately needs a home...for her and her son. This is the first book of Lynne Graham's popular miniseries!

After meeting an injured god deep in the sacred Mountain Mill, the herbalist Alby saves him by bringing him back to his home, and tending to his wounds. Nao, the god, is eager to repay the kindness as soon as possible. But what if the peculiar herbalist doesn't wish for wealth but... the god's body?

Ichiru Futaba was just an ordinary office lady working at a high stress dead-end job. One day, when she's pushed to her limit and cannot get home in time to save her fluffy little dog, she falls to the floor unconscious. When she awakens,she realizes that she.. has died and been reborn! In a new world where magical creatures and humans coexist, and where the sand rain that faills from the sky harms these magical creatures, Ichiru struggles to form relationships due to her dark past. One day, when she finds a dragon on the brink of death, Ichiru summons a power she never knew she had. As a bright light comes from the palm of her hand, hope is reborn! Can she use her healing powers that only she has to save these furry magical creatures?

A demon out to win an angel’s heart. Born without any malice, benign demon Phil is ostracized by the other demons. When a prank leads him to trespass into heaven, he falls in love with an angel named Chloe at first sight. Determined to win her heart, Phil follows Chloe all the way to Earth... but why is love so difficult?!

After finally meeting her biological father, Laura is mistaken for his mistress because of the inheritance he left for her. But because of the promise she made to her late father, she can’t tell anyone what her relationship to him really was. During this time, she meets a disagreeable, arrogant man by the name of Quinn. As someone close to her father’s family, he doubts Laura’s motives, calling her a gold digger. Laura is indignant at first, but the moment she’s drawn in by his blue eyes, sparks fly through her entire body! She would drown in those blue eyes, if only he would trust her…

Ariane, a famous reporter, is on her way to a beautiful, huge mansion. The man she will interview, Manolo, is a big shot in the business world with a very intimidating demeanor. Ariane, constantly receiving harassing emails from her former husband, eventually ends up staying at Manolo's mansion. He promptly proposes to her, as the marriage would be beneficial for them both… But a marriage without love! Ariane feels repulsed at the thought, but what if Manolo can truly protect her from her ex-husband?

Myeongha and Joosung are high school sweethearts. However, now that Joosung has a job, things are different… especially when his new team lead arrives.

Reassigned and demoted at work. Add to that a broken marriage and Seunggu's life is at an all time low. But along comes a smart and sassy girl by the name of Yura. Hard to resist and with no desire to resist, Seunggu slowly becomes addicted to the drug called Han Yura.

When food poisoning runs through the nursery school where Daisy teaches, she calls an ambulance for the children and takes them to the hospital. There she meets Dr. Seymour, the uncle of two of her students. After everything calms down, Dr. Seymour keeps talking to her, but Daisy, who has never been in love, can’t understand why the handsome doctor would be interested in someone so ordinary. In front of that confident and attractive man, something hot begins to flourish deep in Daisy’s heart…

Just when main character guy was about to enjoy his summer vacation, he wakes up to find his childhood friend, Anjo Hikaru, had turned into a girl! This is their story of figuring things out, all from the main character's first person perspective. With the bonus of art being done by various artists too!

Deep in the forest lies a mysterious school of magic: Wizdoms, an institution attended by beastmen of all kinds. These studious fantasy creatures have come to live, learn, and perhaps even fall in love in this enchanting space. In this collection of BL stories by master mangaka Nagabe, follow the beauty and surprising humor of magical beasts with human hearts.