I'm pretty sure it somehow "sparked" to me a little when I was watching OHSHC. The overly romantic twins that were all over each other made me feel excited and somewhat inlove to the idea of them being in love with each other and I could've sworn that from that moment on, a new door was about to open in my life. I was like--

Hence, the door that leads to shounen ai (not yaoi yet). My first real yaoi that I've watched though was Sukisho!. I was buying some new anime DVD's from the local anime store that I always go to, and when I asked for a new genre, he, the storeowner, suggested Sukisho!. Prior to the Hitachiin twins, I still wasn't aware what the term "yaoi" was. So when the storeowner told me that it was yaoi, I was like "what's that?" and he just said to me (with empty eyes) "you'll like it". So yeah, I bought it and I watched it in my room when I got home. A few episodes passed and I knew I somehow needed to lock the door because OH MY GOD. Two animated men are kissing on my TV screen and later on there were moans.. I was taken aback.

I was only 12 by the way. I can't remember much how and what I felt after watching it, but I started reading a few doujins (first one was Gravitation because my friend suggested it, my innocence was destroyed to the full extent at that point) and mangas in highschool and so on. I'm 20 now, and all I say is that I can't go a day without reading some good yaoi shit and all that fluff and warmth and angst and smut and just everything about it lol. So yeah. Yaoi is life.

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The series that roped me into yaoi and shounen ai was Junjou Romantica (the anime). I was just genuinely curious because HEY the cover picture was SSSSPARKLYYY~~~. When I saw Usami kisiing the MC's brother I was like (⊙…⊙ ) ........... "What is this sorcery?!! I just got HOOKED. I was a lost cause from then on. A couple months later I finally connected the dots and said "If there's an anime, then following the general rules of japan there should e a manga right?.......... MIND BLOWN" (╯°Д °)╯╧╧ I Googled that shit and voila; Here I am today. Keep in mind this was about five to six years ago, So I'm probably beyond saving. ¯_(ツ)_/¯.............. I REGRET NOTHING!!!! ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ノ~
It's true, the cover always ropes people in. But it's a happy rope, not like the deadly kind. More like a friendship bracelet? But yep.