Utsukushii Kare/ My Beautiful Man [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]

Chapter-1; PART-5: He is Beautiful

                                  Translator: White Lotus

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I wish there was no summer vacation. It was the first time in his life that Hira had ever thought such a thing.

There was a time when the long spring, summer, and winter vacations were precious times that temporarily freed Hira from the misery of school. However, he no longer desired to take a vacation, which he had to pass without seeing Kiyoi. It was really stupid of him to think that way. Despite his lowly status, he actually fell in love with someone at the top of the pyramid who was also of the same sex. He really didn't know how to face Captain Duck.

Keep your mind as calm as possible. Don't be sensitive to stimuli.

Hira's love for Kiyoi was exactly the opposite of everything Captain Duck had taught him.

"How about fried shrimp for dinner?"

Hira was in the middle of eating his lunch-Hiyashi chūka*-when his mother, sitting across the table, asked him.

(T/N: Hiyashi chūka (冷やし中華, literally "chilled Chinese") is a Chinese noodle style Japanese dish consisting of chilled ramen noodles with various toppings served in the summer. Image:

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"The fish market is now having a sale on shrimp. Even on prawns. You like those, right?"

Normally, his family would only eat black-tiger shrimp, but the reason his mother was offering to buy such expensive shrimp was because of her son, who had been nestled in the house with a depressed face since the summer vacation started.

"Your father likes to eat scallops*. We should have them too."

(T/N: Scallops are bivalves (having two shells), like clams and oysters. image: