moth's manga / #enemies to lovers(13)

uke used to be rivals in middle school with his new coworker. they are always fighting but then he gets his heat and they decide to have sex. they still fighting all the time but uke blushes when theyre together

uke was feeling stressed about his job and his coworker wanted him to get a contract with a photographer he hates/his rival in highschool. in return his coworker gave him a coupon to a prostate massage. he accidentally checked male massager but he still enjoyed it. when he meets seme it turns out he is the massager, and says to get a contract he has to satisfy him first.

seme and uke are both part of the same idol group. uke is a year older with a cool persona on stage, and childish persona off stage. seme has a gentle persona on stage but is always standoffish to uke. to combat this their company is making them do a couple act in front of the fans and sleep in the same room. seme came from a family where his mom was the mistress of a rich guy. she raised seme well for many years to try to get him to accept her and seme as his son bc he said he would leave his wife, but he told them to get out. when hes in hs his mom is at the top of a building about to jump off but he pulls her back, resulting in her abandoning him and leaving a note. seme is actually only angry at uke all the time bc he comes from a rich family and thinks uke has it too easy, when seme had to work hard for years. as seme sees more of his hardworking personality, he starts being friendlier and dealing with what emotions he actually feels. he asks another gay member of the group how he could tell that he liked men, “on behalf of a friend” ofc. that member went through trouble with his previous idol group bc his situationship accused him of harassment to get him kicked out bc he js wasnt feeling it anymore. he told seme to imagine if “his friend and the guy” could have sex or kiss, which seme said absolutely NOT. but in their room he thought about it and thought it would be good. while uke is changing later, seme asks him to come closer and pulls him on top of him, but uke is oblivious and says, “you have such dark eye bags, take care of yourself.” later they are on a variety show in animal mascot costumes, but on the show as a judge, suddenly appears semes mom?!

seme and uke have always been competing throughout hs ab who has better grades etc. eventually seme ends up falling for him after they compete for who cums first. he thought his crush would end in hs but they meet again as coworkers at the same company. they still compete ab everything, until again the compete for who cums first. uke bluffs that hes done it with a guy before and they have sex, uke loses so he blurts out the new competition is who falls in love first. they go on trying to make each other fall in love, but uke didnt know he already won bc seme is in love w him.

uke works as a bodyguard and one day his team gets hired to guard a famous singer at his concert. his sister is a big fan and asks him to get an autograph for her, he obliges unwillingly, and goes to ask after the concert, but seme has an attitude about the whole thing, talking bad ab him in english. but he didn’t know that uke is fluent in english too. uke goes off on him and leaves, to the dismay of his coworkers. after that incident, he gets hired by a big client to be a bodyguard in LA. he flies out and asks who it is before signing the contract, but its confidential. when he arrives at the house, he sees its seme. uke doesn’t want to get along w him at first, but comes to terms w it. having to be especially on guard bc seme needed a bodyguard from his stalker, who is always sending strange gifts… with hair and fingernails, etc inside it. seme tries to repay him by fixing up the big pool on the top floor of his house, but uke still has trauma from his first crush, a boy on his swim team who deceived him and secretly hated him. after a fight w seme, seme tells his coworkers to take uke to a bar while he goes out, but uke gets super drunk and confesses + reveals his trauma to seme accidentally. they grow closer together, and end up having sex in a hotel room, but… semes stalker sets it on fire and they have to jump out the window into the pool. when questioned by paparazzi ab y his bodyguard shared his room, seme does the most logical thing and says its bc he was having hot sex w his lover.

uke is a popular drama major who likes acting. his gf wants him to put on glasses bc she likes the nerdy aesthetic more. he think its weird until he sees a nerdy guy at his school who fits what his gf wants. he follows him around for a day but he really doesnt do anything bad, until his gf shows up and she talks to him nervously. later his gf wants him to wear clothes like that guys but uke disagrees and breaks it off. uke realizes he left his hw while following seme and runs to the classroom to get it. seme confronts him ab stalking and asks if hes gay, so they get into an argument. uke doesnt have anywhere else to live but his friend recommends him an opening in one of the dorms. when he gets there he waits for his new roomie to get out of the shower but actually it is seme. seme is angry he found his dorm and beats him up, but they come to an agreement. seme still doesn’t really believe that uke isnt a stalker, but after ukes ex gf meets up with him and they argue, seme comes down right as she throws a camera at uke. he realizes this must be the gf and after arguing, realizes that she’s the one who’s been stealing his clothes too, but she keeps saying she was going to return them. seme stayed outside with uke for 1 hour while he cried and they started to get along better after that incident. later uke is in a performance for class where his role is the bad boy lover of a noble-lady. the director, a rich student, has a grudge against him and takes away his lead role. uke decides to give his all and practices every day with a football w a face drawn on. this evolves into him practicing with seme everyday instead. bc of all the ‘practicing’ uke aces his audition and becomes the lead role again. they keep practicing after the audition ends, and uke thinks about cutting it off but is never able to say it, after looking at semes face. instead, seme reveals his story to him after an incident with the student-director, and they decide to make it non-practice anymore.