Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Story 1: JUST LIKE HONEY
Author's Note: This takes place right after the Yes No titled story, when Kei is still hesitating over lots of things between him and Ushio. And Ushio only becomes happier the more troublesome Kei is to handle. I fondly remember how happy I was at how incredibly cool Ushio looks on the cover.
Illustrator's Note: I personally really like covers featuring a single character, and I got really excited to make a pin-up type cover of Tsuzuki-san... But it looks like I made it so similar to a photobook cover that it even captures the feeling where it's trying hard not to be one...? I made the design so that it looks like packaging for honey.
First published in 2015 in the doujinshi JUST LIKE HONEY.
Translator Note: This story takes place in the immediate aftermath of Volume 1 Chapter 8 of Ichiho-sensei includes the lyrics of "Hachimitsu" by Spitz (Honey) in the doujinshi version as inspiration for the story.
The morning after was okay. As long as he hadn't blacked out drunk or anything, it felt like any normal sequence of events. It was just that after leaving the house, getting ready for work, and spending the rest of his day as usual, he wondered what would happen afterwards.
He wasn't interested in the minutiae per se. Everything felt like a reset, and he wondered, when he rebooted, would his adventure continue from where he had left off?
"Good night. I'll be heading off."
Kei left the staff room to the chorus of Good work tonight! behind him. After the elevator doors closed with no one else around, he could finally release the facial muscles he had used to maintain his smile.
Following the premiere special, their show had proceeded under the normal program format that the producers had developed. Today was in a way their first day of the show, and in the review meeting, they had discussed things like camerawork and operations at the switchboard and identified areas for improvement such as equipment changeovers and positioning during the commercials. In no time, the clock had hit 2 am. Strictly speaking, Kei was a presenter, and the stafflings could hold these discussions without him, but it was an incredibly critical time with the startup of a newly revamped show. Anything he did would probably leave a lasting impression on the staff, and so with petty motivations in mind, Kei had decided he would show some solidarity and build up his brownie points. Plus, the network would pick up his taxi fare at this time of night.
When he climbed into the taxi, he hesitated a little as he tried to give his destination.
Which place should he give? —Wait, there was only one place that was his home, of course. But should he take yesterday's route or not?
Yesterday he had a clear purpose for seeing Ushio at his house. But did he have any purposes to see him from now on? He no longer needed to help Ushio using his fake identity, and when he had left in the morning, Ushio didn't tell him to come over again, but he didn't say not to come over either. Uhh, what was he supposed to do in this situation?
