It's 3:30am where I'm at and felt like a round of hot man-sex with inane plot wouldn't hurt. Not looking for anything deep or slow-paced helps with the decision. Heh.
First Story- It's what's summarised above. Akira, our older (but baby-faced) uke (OFC), gets confessed to by his childhood acquaintance and four years junior, Itsuki (Hottie Seme). The first few pages set up the pace but I was totally not expecting:
Spoiler Warning:
the Light D/s that goes on. LOL. The light dub-con, I did expect tho haha. Non-graphic sex happens with a dash of fluff and possessiveness thrown in.
Story continues. Seme is his usual possessive manipulative self (lol, not as dark as it sounds), uke is his usual adorably flustered self. Sex in the second chapter is more graphic but pretty meh.
I honestly didn't mind this story or the characters. Loved the art, liked the characters to a degree, didn't care about the non-plot, so I'm most likely gonna forget I've read this if not for marking this Finished Reading.
Second Story- My first thought was, OMG! Iwase! (hot guy that was introduced in the first story as Akira's uni friend).
Due to circumstances, Iwase meets Ryou (Itsuki's HS friend). I think the reason why people responded to this story more was that there was more time to get to know the characters and watch them start liking each other, unlike the first couple.
Because of the slightly fluffy beginning, I did not expect Spoiler Warning
Ryou (our uke) to be cut from the same piece of manipulative cloth as Itsuki haha.
LOL. Still, that confession came out of nowhere. I mean, at least Itsuki and Akira have had a whole childhood backstory. Ryou falls in love in his first meeting with Iwase (who is such a pure hearted White Knight type), and Iwase (our seme) confesses after their, what, second meeting?
I liked Iwase more than I liked Ryou, which sucked because I couldn't bring myself to care for Ryou.
The sex was even more 'meh' than the first couple's LOL. The dirty talk was better tho, but that's not really saying much haha.
Overall, this compilation is not for people looking for a more substantial story with actual character development. Also not for people looking for hot sexy mansex (like me) because the sex barely spanned two pages haha I like my PWP yaoi sex scenes drawn-out and graphic.