NAYUTA NAGO

Ikumi is a handsome, cheerful and popular university student, returning home for the summer, where he meets Harukiyo Yamabushi, an edgy-looking gardener working temporarily at his house. Harukiyo is cold to him and tries to avoid him, leading Ikumi to discover the shy personality behind the piercings when Harukiyo admits that he gets nervous in front of cool guys. Their friendship begins to warm, but suddenly, after seeing a smiling and shirtless Harukiyo, Ikumi feels something strange in his chest...

Cheerful, soft-hearted Morisaki and cool, silent Taguchi have been friends and lovers since their high school years. While their relationship has not been without its challenges, they've managed to get past them and live happily together... But they're not actually "living together," unlike their friends Yoshimura and Shima, who shacked up halfway through their college life. Will their friends' decision inspire Morisaki and Taguchi to start thinking about their future?

**A sweet & spicy spinoff of Star and Hedgehog, featuring Harukiyo's big brother, Akihiko!** Laid-back novelist Akihiko and his earnest new editor, Aiichirō (a.k.a. Ai-chan), are faced with an unexpected dynamic shift when Ai-chan walks in on Akihiko in bed with a man— and bursts into tears. Ai-chan confesses his feelings for Akihiko, but since Akihiko has no interest in anything serious, the best he can offer Ai-chan is a steamy, semi-professional friendship with decidedly unprofessional benefits. In spite of Akihiko's efforts to keep things casual, Ai-chan slowly begins to unearth the details of Akihiko's mud-caked romantic past, doggedly pawing his way to the wounded heart of the elusive fox he fell in love with... **CWs: explicit sexual content**