Bara (, rose), also known by the wasei-eigo construction ns Love (ML , nzu rabu), is a j.a.panese technical term for a genre of art and fictional dia that focuses on male sa-s.e.x love usually created by gay n for a gay audience.
Mount Hiei is a mountain to the north-east of Kyoto, lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures, j.a.pan.Enryaku-ji is a Tendai monastery located atop Mount Hiei by the monk Saichou in 788.Mount Kouya is the na of mountains in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka. First settled in 819 by the monk Kuukai, Mt. Kouya is primarily known as the world headquarters of the Kouyasan Shingon sect of j.a.panese Buddhism.
Saigyou was the na of a monk said to have created an artificial human. Recalling tales of lonely ogres gathering human bones to create a person, Saigyou was said to have used the secret necromantic sance teachings of the Tokudaiji n.o.ble house to create a human from human bone remains.
I t Aira-sama in a caf the next Sunday in the early afternoon.
Sorry for making you co out here, Reika-chan.
There is nothing to apologise for. Being able to et with you is a pleasure.
I ordered a latte. This caf did latte art, so I asked for a sheep.
Cute sheep. Speaking of which, you wore sheep ears during the school festival didnt you?
Yes.
The reception that my sheep butler costu received was surprisingly good, so I had beco a little fond of sheep since. Hmm, it was a bit of a sha to ruin this by drinking it.While I was appreciating my latte art, Aira-sama began speaking hesitantly.
So you see, Im sure youve already guessed why Ive called you out today. Its about Yurie and Masaya.
Here it was I had pretty much guessed it. I took a gentle sip to avoid ruining the sheep. It was delicious.
Youve noticed too that Masayas been acting strangely, right?
Yes.
After seeing that it would be stranger if anybody failed to notice. He was like an empty cicada sh.e.l.l of himself. Even if I had sohow missed that, Enjou had already told about how he went on a journey, and then handed over those unlucky souvenirs.
You see, Yurie has finally given him her decision.
Aahh
I thought so
Yurie cares about Masaya a great deal as well, but its always been the love for a younger brother. Thats why she thought it was about ti to make things clear. I an, the two of us are already twenty. In a sense you could say she was taking responsibility.
Hahhh
It was more or less the sa in Kimidol. I cant see you as anything other than a brother, so I cant answer your feelings or sothing. Kaburagi had still replied No! I wont give up! and was pretty persistent about it. In the very end though, Yurie-sama wouldnt take back her words, for both their sakes.
It happened a little while after the school festival. Truthfully though, Yuries been trying put so distance between them since Masaya entered high school. Shes been trying to create chances for him to notice other girls as well. Rember the girl she brought with her to the school festival?
Ah, Maihama Ema-san.
Right. The two of them studied under the sa tea master and go back quite a while. Ema-san looks up to Yurie and adores Masaya too, and has been to his house a few tis with Yurie. Since Yurie dotes on her, Masaya cant flat-out reject her either
I see
Originally we had planned to co with just Yurie and I but Ema-san ca along to the school festival as well. Masaya was really unhappy about that. He had planned to walk around with Yurie but then Ema-san was stuck to him the whole ti instead. And then later when he went to Yuries house to visit, Ema-san was there again Eventually the stress built up and he demanded that Yurie tell him what was going on.
And so Yurie told him that she could only see him as a little brother and asked him to give up on her. It went sothing along the lines of telling him that her feelings wouldnt change no matter how much he pined after her. She thought it was a good opportunity to set things straight.
So the exam results
Yeah. Masaya of all people dropped ranks, didnt he. I heard about it later. Yurie was worried too. Whats worse is that after that a young man we t in the UK ca to j.a.pan on business. Yurie and I had gone to welco him, but then Masaya saw. He a.s.sud that Yurie had said all that because she had found a boyfriend and flipped out. The guy took a lot of care of us while we were overseas so Yurie was furious at how rude Masaya had been. So she went and said Who I date is none of your business, Masaya! I dont want to see you anymore! Of course, they werent actually dating, you see.
I see
So thats why he went on his journey.But wow, Kaburagi hadnt matured since primary school at all. It was the sa mistake all over again.
Did Shuusuke tell you that Masaya went missing? We had a decent idea of where he had gone, but Yurie was white as a sheet what with the destination and all. She ca crying to that she hadnt expected him to take it that badly and asked what to do. Shuusuke spent each day talking Masaya down until he knew enough to go pick Masaya up Ojisama and Obasama were obviously horrified and wanted to know what happened to their son, so it was chaos over there too. Yuries been depressed and guilty towards them and told that she couldnt face them. Its been a horrible start to the year.
To think that while I was nomming on red bean soup and New Years mochi broth, these guys were going through sothing like this
Anyhow, we managed to sohow bring Masaya ho, and you rember his cold? Because of that he had to call off the rest of his journey, but hes been completely listless, like a different person. Weve all been really worried.
I see.
This went into a lot more detail than I expected I wasnt liking where this was going.
Are you certain that you should be telling an outsider like about all this?
I made sure to stress outsider. Not that I thought it would save at this point
Aira-sama leant forward and continued.
You see, I was hoping you could lend your help in getting Masaya back on his feet. Please, Reika-chan.
I question what aid I could possibly lend The two of us are not particularly close, after all. What if you asked Maihama-san, or?
Aira-sama shook her head and took my hands into hers.
Thats not true. I know you can do it, Reika-chan! Back at the school festival the only ti Masaya stopped looking moody was when he saw you in your butler outfit. He said sothing about you not listening to what he said at all. Masaya rarely shows any interest in any girl that isnt Yurie, you know!
He wasnt interested in so much as in pointing out why my costu was bad, though.
And I feel a little bad for saying this, but I dont think Ema-san could move Masayas heart, she declared.
Ah, but~
Please, Reika-chan! Yuries been feeling responsible for it all and has been in really bad shape. Couldnt you give Masaya so advice or sothing to cheer him up? Please?
Uuuu It was really hard to refuse Aira-sama like thisBut I didnt wanna do itttt. I had no idea how to cheer sobody like that up, and to begin with I didnt want to get involved.
Reika-chan.
Uu I understand.
I had taken the first step into a bottomless bog.
Advice What kind of advice was I even supposed to give?Ways to get over heartbreak? This was actually the best chance for him to start a new love with Wakaba-chan, but there were no signs of that at all.What if I tried spurring Wakaba-chan on? No, no, it wouldnt do to cross any more dangerous bridges than I already had.Oh, how about
Umm, Kaburagi-sama?
I called out to Kaburagi while he was sitting blankly in the salon. Sitting next to him, Enjou smiled.
Why not leave behind the troubles of the material world and join one of the strictly male convents in Europe? How about it? The World of Roses awaits you.
Kisshouin-san, could I have a word with you? smiled Enjou as he grabbed my arm and pulled away.
Why exactly does Masaya have to get a tonsure and join a convent? And in Europe too.
As a scion of the Kaburagi house, I believed it suitable for him to go to the true ho of convents.
Vetoed.
Wow, sobodys being picky.
I returned to Kaburagi for another try.
Kaburagi-sama, j.a.pan has Mount Hiei and Mount Kouya. How about it? Throw away your worldly ties, shave your head, and enter the service of the Buddha. I think the shaved-look would suit you very well, Kaburagi-sama. You might even get a chance to et Saigyous homunculus.
Kisshouin-san, could I have a word with you? said Enjou, grabbing my arm a little stronger than last ti and pulling away. Do you think you could maybe step away from advice that involves running away from ho? Kisshouin-san, youre really just trying to seal sothing troubleso far away, arent you?
Goodness, no! I thought that it might be best if he had a change of pace. My intentions are entirely pure.
Liar.
How an. Doubting peoples sincerity like that is just proof that his own heart is twisted.
A tonsure Monkhood we heard Kaburagi mutter.
You see? Kaburagi-sama seems to be interested as well. Kaburagi-sama, I personally recomnd the tonsure!
Kisshouin-san, thats enough out of you.
Despite the efforts I used to co up with this advice, Enjou shooed away. I thought it was pretty good advice too.I only wanted the best for him.
Well do sothing about Masaya on our own. Thanks.
said a ssage from Aira-sama.
Goodness, is that so? I apologise for not being able to help.
Based Reika.
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