SAKURA HAIJI

From Attractive Fascinante: Kojima Shouji stayed at his dad’s friend’s house when he attended college. Hayase was lazy and Shouji often ended up doing all the household chores. Gradually, he found that he had feelings for Hayase and he confessed while they went on a trip. Their feelings were actually mutual. Hayase got to travel around for his work and Shouji found himself getting used to not having Hayase around. Is it coming to an end?

Composed of several stories : 1) What Does it Taste? (Oaji wa Dou Desu ka); Mikura says he loves how transfer student Araki smells. Will Araki give him a taste at the culture festival? 2) And Then What? (Sono Ato wa Dô Desu ka); A contintuation of Mikura and Araki's story. 3) That's Why I Ask You, What Is It? (Dakara Nan Da Yo); A salaryman often spends the night at his former high school junior's place, using the excuse that it's close to his workplace. But what will he do now that he's been transferred? 4) I Sort of Love You; Continuation of the previous story. 5) Tell Me What You Want; A student joins the soccer club to get in shape, only to find that it's one of the least active clubs at school. But somehow he doesn't drop the club - could it have something to do with the sensei who advises it? 6) Wakatte Hoshii; A 17 year old is at a loss for things to do since his best friend got a girl friend, so he finds himself hanging out with his best friend's older brother. That is the real reason, right? 7) Wakatte Hoshii no Tsuzuki. Continuation of the previous story.

Yoshino was happily anticipating the arrival of a new worker in his office, but it turned out to be the annoying Hashimoto. Yoshino quickly got tired of Hashimoto's excessive touching, home-made lunches, and stalker-like behavior. But one day, due to some strange circumstances, they spent the night together! Haiji-style strange love!

1,2) The Perfect Wife Teshima could never resist his adorable kouhai Yuuichi; he always ended up buying him things and lending him money. Yuuichi moved away a year ago, but now he's back and Teshima's just happy to spend time with him again. But are they picking up right where they left off? Can Yuuichi really be that dense? 3)Sweet Pain Islander Mihama spends most of his time alone, so when klutzy vacationer Kunitsu stumbles into his life, Mihama doesn't expect much from him. Kunitsu's kind nature draws him in, but vacation's always have to end... 4,5)Love and Smile Intense Kuramochi and push-over Kao are unlikely friends and roommates. When Kuramochi feels Kao drifting away, he pulls him tighter. Kao doesn't ever protest, but he's spending more and more time away from home... 6)Please Give Me Your Hand When Sonoda gets a girlfriend, lonely Mizuno still travels to the places they used to hang out at. Including the restaurant where he's noticed by waiter Nomiya.

Contiuned from the third chapter in "KANNOU KISSATEN" Hongou and Ogawa are back. These two polar opposites are always fighting, but secretly in love. Now as roommates turned lovers they must deal with graduation and life afterwards.

[From Hochuuami]: 1,2) Compassionate Coffee Shop- Working at a coffee shop gets boring for Kuhara until former coworker Fujinami comes by every night. Fujinami once kissed him after drinking, but Kuhara slapped him. Why does Fujinami always come by? And how does Kuhara feel about him? 3) Realize It! (prequel to Omoi Shire): Ogawa starts attending a boarding school, only to get the weird Hongou as his roommate. Hongou is always touching him, but does he mean anything by it? 4) By the Way I'm...- Reserved Machida has been sleeping with over-confident Sakito for six months now, ever since Sakito told Machida he loved him. But Machida hasn't let himself get attached because Sakito's the kind of guy who can say that to anybody, right? 5,6) Sue (a guy), moves to Tokyo to go to college and lives with his mom's boyfriends son, Kanai. Kanai is very cold, and doesn't seem to care if Sue's around or not. Four years later they're still living together, and Kanai starts dropping hints that Sue should move out. But Sue's fallen for Kanai...

Strings of one-shots: Title story (first published in 2004): Tanimoto has been pestered by Takatoshi since the 8th grade. 5 years younger, Takatoshi has always been following him around, making him eat gross things and giving him totally useless (sometimes unidentifiable) presents. Now 27, Tanimoto thinks he's gotten rid of Takatoshi for good, until he shows up one day at his suit shop asking for measurements...

Kikuchi and Akitsu have an unusual yet comfortable friendship all through high school. But after high school, they've lost contact with each other until their path crossed again on their first day of work! On the surface, Akitsu seems to always verbally abuse the levelheaded Kikuchi. Until one day, Akitsu realizes that he has fallen for Kikuchi! Would Akitsu cross the line between friendship and love? An angsty story of office workers Haiji style! Also included, the story of Shu and Shindo. After two years of absence, the gun-shy Shu runs into his previous lawyer lover and protector, Shindo. Will Shu overcome his fear of love this time and come together with Shindo bodily and wholeheartedly? (From FantasyShrine)

From Attractive Fascinante:When his friend's younger brother, Ryou, cried and confessed to Yoshiyuki, Yoshiyuki didn't reject Ryou and went out with him. Yoshiyuki always drew a line between them because Ryou was still a high-schooler. As Ryou's love became more passionate and stronger, Yoshiyuki couldn't help and kissed him. Would their love advance to the next level soon?