A Gentlemen's Kiss, Volume 1 (Yaoi) Book

So this is going to be an icky analogy. You have a scab and you pick at. It heals, you pick at it again. Why? You want it to scar. You want it to be imprinted on you like a tatoo. It has to be a part of you...forever. Now why did that gross thing stick out for me, that's Homura and Touji's love. Touji is the never healing wound, the scab is Homura's loyality to the group and while they almost had a thing going on back in school Touji called it off because he knew he was walking down the yakuza path. Once Homura joined with a rival gang well it was like gangbusters. Hearts and candy, blood and bullets...as long as nobody knew anything. Touji wanted to scream it from the mountain tops that they were lovers but Homura put a muzzle on him.

Enter gambling puppy Host type. He's eating his heart out for his Boss Homura while he works off his father's debt. He sees Homura and Touji in a compromizing pose and uses it to force his affections on the reluctant love interest.

Homura might hold Touji's love leash but never forget that Touji is the heir apparent. He easily removes the puppy from Homura's host club and ensnares him into his own club with the strict view of keeping them apart. I just kept waiting for Touji to pull out the metaphyiscal newspaper and smack the puppy into oblivion. The puppy's persistence can be admired but I don't think he knows he's trying to shove his way into a long lasting love.

...continued in vol 2.