sadslime's manga / #salaryman(55)

Natsuki has always beein in love with his former tutor, Ryogo, but he got married to Natsuki's older sister Yuhiko instead. Only after giving birth to twins, Yuhiko disappeared telling Ryogo to go to Natsuki if he needed any help. Now Natsuki has been pulled in and taken over the mom life, but it's hard when Ryogo not only doesn't help, but doesn't seem to care. Trigger warnings: noncon/attempted rape.

Daichi is a convenience store worker who always looks forward to seeing his handsome customer, Nao, come by at night, until one night Nao drunkenly comes onto him. Daichi is worried about it, but after they end up at a mixer together, they drink and end up sleeping together. But the next morning, Nao has the perfect proposition. Since Daichi is trying to decide what to do after he graduates anyway, why not a no strings attached relationship for one month, until he leaves after graduation? It sounds good, but will Daichi really be read to let go? And why did Nao want this setup, to begin with? Fun enough, but the character motivations felt a little weak. Trigger warning: drunk sex.

Tomoya is depressed after his girlfriend broke up with him for not getting it up, so his brother suggests that Tomoya visit his friend Hayato, a massage therapist, and get himself a massage, since Hayato once had a client get turned on by it. Tomoya decides to try it out and Hayato gives him some "extra service," leading Tomoya to realize he just needs a little anal stimulation to get it up. He starts going to Hayato for weekly "massages," but as they both get more complicated feelings about the arrangement, they need to find a way to bridge the gap from massage therapist and client to something more. Tomoya is a cute idiot, so it's a fun read. Trigger warning: possible attempted rape

Overworked salaryman Hirokuni comes home one day to find his childhood friend, Kai, at his doorstep, homeless and looking for a place to live. Kai moves in and says he's gay, and Hirokuni is a bit worried about it, but that's outweighed by the value of his warm meals and company. Hirokuni finds he likes being taken care of, but is he ready to make this arrangement permanent? Trigger warning: dubcon.

Office worker Satoru comes home to the worst surprise when he finds his fiance sleeping with another man, so he just leaves. But to his surprise, the other man, Manato, follows him out to apologize, takes him to dinner, and even offers him a place to stay! Then they end up sleeping together. They still somehow decide to live together and keep things fairly amicable, but when Manato starts to fall for Satoru for real, he realizes all his other relationships have been superficial due to past trauma, and he has no idea how to ask someone to stay with him without clinging too much. I liked this couple, they were interesting, not awkward, and had good character growth throughout. Trigger warnings: cheating, violence, parental abuse/neglect.