By My Side

Haru's been struggling: Shigure's been dead for so long that he has forgotten how being in love feels. May Yukitaka, Shigure's younger brother, make Haru find love again?

Contains multiple stories from different artists. Story 3. It's a Lie by YUKUE Moegi Story 4. Cafe teninsan ha kyou mo mabushii by Nmura Story 10. Friends by KURAHASHI Tomo

[Earnest and untalkative younger subordinate X workaholic superior who doesn't know affection] Kazuki Natsume's latest work! Minato, the workaholic president of a company, has nurtured it into a big one. One night, he was unexpectedly told "I like you" by his 9 years younger private driver, Maibara. – I want to see him. I want to hear his voice. I want to tell him to look at me. Before I knew it, even more so than at work, my head was filled with Maibara?! He doesn’t know the shameful side of him yet. It's clumsy, but he falls in love in an honest way. A soft salaryman romance! *A revised part of "The Man Who Waits" (single issue) (1) has been added to the currently electronically available edition of the work "BL Anthology: The One I Fell In Love With Was A Man".

A guy accidentally witnesses his friend masturbating. This shouldn't really affect their relationship any, right? After all, men see such things all the time; it's just an amusing incident, to be laughed over once the embarrassment has worn off. Or maybe…

"The only taste you need to know is mine." A chance reunion after 10 years for Hiro and Kiriya. They were "kiss-friends" during their last summer of high school: a memory from the past which Hiro wants to forget. However, even after turning 27, his memory of those times keeps binding him to the point he can't date anyone. Kiriya on the other hand, even after the reunion, kept his cool, but… These cool men intense feelings are welling up!

20 years ago, Genji, a widower and former Yakuza, rescued what he thought was an abandoned kitten in the rain. That ‘cat’ turned out to be a shape-shifting non-human, and Genji found himself raising a young boy. Now, that boy has grown into a handsome young man, and now, their relationship begins to change.

Tora is looking for a job, so he decides to apply for this particular place…What he didn’t know is that this place is a Male’s Brothel. Here he meets Shiro, the most requested male prostitute. At the beginning Tora feels reluctant to work in this environment, but the vulnerability aura that surrounds Shiro makes him stay, plus he needs the money. Everything goes well at first, they stablish this sort of friendship, but shortly after that, feelings, desire and painful secrets complicates their already fragile relationship…

Two friends being in denial about their mutual affection.