between the two. He then realizes how desperately he wants Morinaga to come back home, saying the loss he feels is one he has never felt before. Morinaga eventually returns to his apartment to pack up his belongings so he can move away when Souichi finally finds him while doing his nightly check. Souichi lets it slip how frantically worried he was when he vanished, and Morinaga is deeply touched. Souichi tells him never to go away again, and Morinaga means him that if he is to stay, they will have to have sex since his feelings have not changed, and he cannot control himself around him anymore. Souichi, not wanting Morinaga to leave, reluctantly succumbs to the sexual advances and allows Morinaga to have sex with him. The two commence a dysfunctional relationship: Morinaga constantly takes Souichi's verbal and physical abuse, and Souichi occasionally lets down his barriers to keep Morinaga in his life, which develops over the series. Characters Souichi Tatsumi - A first year doctorate student in the agricultural science department at a university in Nagoya. Extremely hot-headed and violent, he has a reputation of being a tyrant to other students at the University and is not very social in result. After almost being raped by a gay professor and other bad experiences with homosexual men, he becomes extremely homophobic. Despite this, he unconsciously becomes deeply emotionally attached to his research assistant and friend, Morinaga, whom he is aware is homosexual but allows by his side on the agreement that his sexual orientation not be an issue. He tries to rationalize his dependency on Morinaga by convincing himself that having sex with him from time to time is essential to keep him in his life, although refusing to admit why he needs him in his life in the first place. Tetsuhiro Morinaga - A first year masters student in the agricultural science department at a university in Nagoya. He has a rough past due to growing up in a conservative family who drove him out of his hometown after discovering his relationship with a boy named Masaki, disgracing him, and leading him to a life of partying and promiscuity before changing his ways. He has been in love with Souichi since he first set eyes on him in university. While appearing happy and cheerful, Morinaga manages to enter Souichi's heart, and enters into a sexual, although very