Douse Mou Nigerarenai

20 page story about two very different step brothers.

College student Haneji Kaoru is surprised when popular actor Aragaki Jin appears at his workplace. They were high school friends, but unable to cope with his deepening feelings for the playboy, Haneji cut all ties after graduation. Now that Aragaki has found him, he has no intention of letting Haneji go…

Tomoki has transferred to the local university so he can finally live with his older brother again, but Kazuki-nii is always so busy with work that they hardly get to see each other. Actually, Tomoki sees more of his brother's roommates than Kazuki: the handsome, kind Nonomura and bad boy Ugajin, both of whom want to get to know Tomoki better. So when Kazuki is sent abroad for work, it seems the foxes will be guarding this cute little chicken coop….

Ryou is the heir to the Asama group and in love with his bodyguard, the sophisticated Wada. They've slept together, but does Wada think of Ryou as anything but the heir?

Chihiro Kouzuki is a stage actor who also works part-time as a housekeeper to earn more money. His uncle calls him to inquire about taking on a housekeeping job for Aoki, an elite businessman who lives in an expensive condo. Chihiro accepts, not realising how demanding Aoki can be about how he wants his condo tidied up. He is so demanding that Chihiro is starting to lose his patience with him…

Nagato Hiroki got drunk in college and made a mistake one night with a guy he'd never met. He's learned his lesson from the humiliation of being taken by a man and changed to a plainer image so that he isn't recognized by that man in case they ever meet again. Since becoming a working man, Hiroki hasn't been drinking or playing around, resigning himself to a serious and quiet existence. However, one day, he realizes that the high-powered man assigned from the head office as his new boss is that man, Kurosawa Naoya – and his peaceful, ordinary life takes a sudden turn. Kurosawa says he's been looking for him, and though Hiroki desperately tries to deny it, he's confronted with proof that they slept together: a mole in an intimate area that even he didn't even know about…?!

One day, Kento, a vocalist in a small indie band, is scouted by a talent agency to become part of a professional band. The problem is, he knows the guy that the band is going to be centered around: the prodigious Takatou Karou…. and he does not like him a tiniest bit?

Two years ago, Masato fell in love with the gentle-handed Kazaoka when they spent a night together without telling each other their names. He searched for Kazaoka and found out that he's a writer who often frequents a nearby café. Masato starts working there part-time, and Kazaoka starts coming to the café more regularly, but he does not seem to recognize Masato.

Ryuuhei promised his father to protect Nao even though Nao is almost ten years older. Nao is almost thirty now and wants space. Can Ryuuhei really give him space?

I have always been trapped by you. I’m controlled by this emotion that I can’t fathom. Invited by a friend to a drinking party, Ryou reunites with Fujishiro, a man he’s hated since childhood. His ability to socialize with anyone remains unchanged. Remembering his irritation towards Fujishiro being liked by everyone surrounding him, he decides not to get involved, but… When they were left alone, Fujishiro poked at his true feelings saying “you hate me, don’t you?” And confessing he ‘likes’ Ryou, the only person who hates him. He pushed him down and came on to him. Is Fujishiro just playing with Ryou…? The boundary of the ambiguous and impure love and hate.