Ahh, it's been so long since I read this for the first time, but any Kawai Touko-sensei's manga is just one of my favorites, so I re-read it.
I was thinking about the prequel and...there are things I didn't realize at the time I read it for the first time, and now I see totally differently. For instance, their first kiss was full of meaning, because Tanizaki had already said it was something to be shared only with the person Sohei loved, and when he kissed Tanizaki, it meant he loved him.
But the sequel itself was also filled with a different kind of beauty that's rare to see. Their love was something special. Tanizaki never did say he loved Sohei, but, although Sohei gets insecure because of that, you can see he is loved when observing Tanizaki's actions. Everything is very subtle in "Kurumi no Naka", so people may not notice some details, but Tanizaki actually does a lot for Sohei and loves him very much. It's beautiful!
I'm totally in love with Tanizaki. I didn't worship him as much before, but now...every time he smiles is so earnest! I can't just not love him!
And Sohei is the most cherrful and NOT ANNOYING uke ever! Every time an uke is so happy and noisy, he's so freaking irritating too. But Sohei is just cute!
You should totally read this, although I could only read the first volume myself, since it stopped being scanlated in English =/