Hello?

Hello? How could you crush my heart like this? Hello? That too with the very first story?! I think I need a TW for sibling deaths, man. They always get me emotional. It would be devastating to lose a sibling and it being your twin adds another level of grief. I loved how the grief wasn't glossed over for romance and how both Haru and Toyoki were both grieving very intensely over Yu. I especially liked that bit of Yu being selfish because we're all human at the end of the day and even your loved ones mess up and hurt you and sometimes you never get closure because they're dead. Of course Haru never hated Yu for being selfish. He was his brother; he would forgive him for anything. I liked how Haru never really chooses between his brother and Toyoki in the end; the choice is taken from him and only then he ends up with Toyoki. I liked that aspect of siblings choosing each other even when it's toxic. Yu was the perfect character to haunt the narrative, lol, doe I kept hoping he'd resurrect (especially since I read this on Easter). I especially adored Haru's breakdown because the desperation and agony just oozed out and hah~ Siblings, man, just siblings. Him mimicking the way Yu smoked, almost trying to become his brother and live on as him, or swap places with him like when he wished he'd died instead, was such a nice detail. After all, what are we, but the amalgamation of all the people we've ever loved? When Haru yells about Yu getting lonely easily and pouting like a child and oof those big brotherly type instincts. BRB, I'm gonna reread this and cry again.
All the other stories were nice but I wasn't expecting a gut punch in the first story.