Body Language
Aki Morimoto
Birthday: 26th September
Blood Type: O
Birthplace: Yamaguchi
Residence: Tokyo
Star sign: Libra
I tried to make this as erotic as possible. I’d be delighted if people who like erotica enjoyed it!
Illustrated by
Tsubaki Enomoto
BODY LANGUAGE
BODY LANGUAGE – KARADADE WAKARU KOIGOKORO (c) Aki Morimoto 2004. All rights reserved. Original Japanese edition published in 2004 by Oakla Publishing Co., Ltd. English translation copyright (c) 2008 by DIGITAL MANGA, Inc./ OAKLA PUBLISHING CO., LTD. All other material (c) 2008 by DIGITAL MANGA, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the copyright holders. Any likeness of characters, places, and situations featured in this publication to actual persons (living or deceased), events, places, and situations are purely coincidental. All characters depicted in sexually explicit scenes in this publication are at least the age of consent or older. The JUNÉ logo is (tm) of DIGITAL MANGA, Inc.
Written by Aki Morimoto
Illustrated by Tsubaki Enomoto
English translation by Gemma Collinge
Co-Publishers:
Masahiro Nagashima – Oakla Publishing, Inc.
Hikaru Sasahara – Digital Manga, Inc.
English Edition Co-Published by:
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Morimoto, Aki.
[Karada de wakaru koigokoro. English]
Body language / written by Aki Morimoto ; Illustrated by Tubaki Enomoto ; English translation by Gemma Collinge. -- English ed.
p. cm.
“Original Japanese edition published in 2004 by Oakla Publishing Co.”
ISBN 978-1-56970-767-8 (pbk.)
1. Homosexuality in literature. I. Enomoto, Tsubaki. II. Title. PL856.O6893K3713 2008
741.5’952--dc22
2007045776
First Edition: January 2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-767-8
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Printed in China
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The Man Who Doesn’t Take Off His Clothes vol.1-2
Cold Sleep
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Chapter 1
“Ick, I feel like shit.”
Yuichi Nagao muttered in the school cafeteria, cup of coffee in hand. Sitting in front of him, Kanae Hayakawa looked at Yuichi in exasperation.
“How the hell can you feel like shit already? You only just got here. I doubt you’re going to feel any better, drinking cafeteria coffee. And besides, I thought you had class for third period? You better get a move on or you’re going to be late.”
Lunch break was just about over and the cafeteria was almost empty. Kanae was free during third period so he was thinking that he’d go over to the library and prepare for his classes once Yuichi had left—the same Yuichi that was currently slumped over the table, slurping his cheap, bland coffee.
“Your manners are appalling.” Kanae scowled. Yuichi snorted at Kanae’s remark. “Whatever. Manners really aren’t my thing.” Noting the angry expression on the guy’s face, Yuichi darted a foul look back at Kanae.
“What?!”
“Yuichi, do you know what poetic justice is?”
Yuichi was looking progressively more upset with Kanae’s every word. In any case, it looked like Kanae had managed to wake him up.
Yuichi was good-looking, tall, fashionable. He also had a fair amount of money and a car. Yuichi had everything a college student needed to be popular, and yet there was one thing that stood in the way of a privileged social life.
He had the worst personality.
Well, to be more specific, the problem was the way he handled the opposite sex. Since he started college, Yuichi had, according to the gossip, had more women than you could count on both hands.
“In freshman year the girls were lining up to date me.”
“Sophomore year there weren’t so many, huh?”
Yuichi frowned at Kanae’s quick comeback.
“I had a steady supply of girls all throughout sophomore year, but I haven’t had a girlfriend for two months now. Damn, my life totally sucks!”
If an unpopular guy overheard this, he’d probably want to beat Yuichi to a pulp. But for Yuichi, whose longest period of time without a girlfriend had been a week up until now, this was quite a serious situation.
“Maybe they all got their eyes checked?”
“What’s that supposed to mean?!” Yuichi looked up dejectedly, but Kanae just shrugged. In middle school and high school, being popular had nothing to do with personality, just looks. On the other hand, in college, many of the girls had more dating experience and had developed a taste in men which valued what was on the inside more than what was on the outside. There were few girls now who wanted to be involved with a guy as notorious as Yuichi, but there was no use in saying that to him. Yuichi simply wouldn’t understand.
“Tried going to a singles’ night?”
“I don’t even get invited to those nowadays.”
“Yeah, I heard that rumors about you have reached other colleges as well.”
Hearing this, Yuichi grew even more displeased.
“Did I really do anything that bad?”
“Yes. Really now, Yuichi…you’ve done some pretty awful things. You got a girl pregnant and then told her that you didn’t care whether she had the baby or got rid of it, because you weren’t going to give her any money. Then you told her that you didn’t even think it was your kid to begin with. Don’t you think that’s a little, oh, inconsiderate?”
It eventually became a legend on campus. When she had miscarried due to emotional stress, he had come out with the unthinkable, saying that it was “a good thing, because now she can save on the abortion costs.”
“What? There was no guarantee that I was the only guy she was sleeping with. And I did use protection, so it’s not like I could’ve gotten her pregnant.”
“That’s no excuse. Stop trying to weasel your way out of this,” Kanae said, speaking frankly with him.
“I don’t like irritating women, anyway.”
“And what about the time you told a girl, in the middle of a date, that you were bored and you wanted to break up with her? And then you just started walking home! Then there was the time a girl threatened to kill herself—she was ready to jump out of the window, and you offered to push her! I’ve heard more things than I can even remember!”
There were a lot of nasty rumors flying around about Yuichi. In fact, they had become regular points of conversation at drinking parties.
“Oh, they’re still talking about that? I don’t even remember who that was.”
One might think that the word “asshole” had been created especially for this guy, but the fact of the matter was, the guy in question had no idea that he was doing anything wrong.
“If you keep doing things like that, then no one’s going to want to be around you anymore.”
“What? If it’s not fun anymore, then why should I keep them around?” Yuichi was being thickheaded as usual, and so Kanae had no choice but to give up now. “Anyway I don’t have time for girls that I’m not excited about. If I’m not into them, then that’s the end. Nothing wrong with that.”
And while there was a certain truth to his words, the way he went about things was totally, and disastrously, wrong.
“Well, how about you stop dating every single girl that shows an interest in you?”
Yuichi frowned at this idea too.
“If I don’t date them, how am I going to know what kind of girls they are? If I don't know what kind of girls they are, how do you expect me to find the one? If they say they like me, then I’ll date them. It’s perfectly normal, don’t you think?”
Kanae couldn’t argue with this logic, and Yuichi was obviously not going to be convinced otherwise.
“Then you should be nicer to the girls you date!”
“My dear Kanae, there is no need; I’m the one I love the most.”
On the average, Yuichi had one or two girlfriends at a time. He would meet them when he wanted to and avoided them when he didn’t want to see them. Experience taught him that girls were good for a roll in the hay two or three times before getting boring, so his relationships would usually end after those conditions were met. And while some of them would threaten to slit their wrists, none of them actually had, so Yuichi never took them seriously. He really was something else.
“Why do you get bored of them so quickly?”
It was genuine curiosity that made Kanae ask. If Yuichi was seriously looking for a partner, then couldn’t he be a little bit more patient?
“I don’t know. They just get annoying.” Yuichi shook his head. Kanae sighed.
“So isn’t it your fault for finding them annoying and not being more patient?”
“No, you see…the thing is, I don’t really need a girlfriend. I just need someone to fuck. The girls I’ve broken up with want commitment, but I never said I’d offer them that! I’m sorry they got the wrong idea. I’d really rather not have them get all weird on me, so I’m obviously not going to get all lovey-dovey am I?”
Yuichi did have a point. Once, a girl he was dating became obsessed with the idea that they were meant to be. When he moved on, she started stalking him, which eventually progressed into the girl breaking into his bedroom at night to strangle him, thinking that if she couldn’t have him, then no one else would either. In the end, he had to move, change his phone numbers—it must have cost a fair bit of money. Yuichi had probably led her on, so it was likely that he got what he deserved. Of course when Kanae had heard the story he had felt a little sorry for Yuichi…after having a good laugh about it.
“There’s no way I’m going to put up with those types. They’re not really the type of girl anyone would want to sleep with anyway. And Kanae—I’m pretty much banned from attending those singles parties. I suppose that if I did go, then I’d just take all the girls anyway, so I can understand why they’d want to keep them all to themselves.”
This kind of positive thinking was one of Yuichi’s admirable points, but one could see how it also made him supremely annoying.
“So, you know, I think it would be nice to have a steady girlfriend. One who understands me. Then I’d be able to fuck her whenever I wanted.”
“Yuichi, do you only date girls because you’re horny?”
Yuichi pulled a strange face.
“You mean…there’s another reason, other than sex, to go out with a girl?”
This asshole was entirely serious. Kanae sighed and shrugged.
“Yuichi, have you ever truly fallen in love with someone?”
“I like a girl when I’m in bed with her. But otherwise, they’re so irritating. Girls are best when they don’t talk, otherwise they only sound like idiots.”
A rather unfair assessment of the female species, so to speak, because the only girls who would date someone like Yuichi weren’t that bright to begin with. There were lots of shallow girls in the world, of course, but Yuichi refused to believe that there were any exceptions. Kanae managed to refrain from speaking his mind.
“Argh! I don’t care if they’re annoying or plain, I just need a girl who isn’t going to turn into a stalker on me. I need to get laid now!”
“There’s no way that’s going to happen.” Kanae smirked.
There was nothing left to do but give up. Kanae stood up to return his food tray. Lunchtime would be over in five minutes, but when he got back to his seat, Yuichi was still holding his coffee, taking his time.
“Don’t you have to go? What about your next class?”
“I don’t have to go, do I? I’m just so frustrated. Kanae, introduce me to some girls!”
“No way. I don’t want my friends to start hating me.”
He had a point. Who in their right mind would want to introduce their friends to a guy like Yuichi?
“Oh… come on! Please. Anyone would be fine. I’m begging you!”
Yuichi threw the empty coffee cup over his shoulder, which landed cleanly in the garbage can.
“Come on! How can any man be expected to go two months without sex? I’ve never had a dry spell like this before, and it’s freaking me out. You can only get so far masturbating. Kanae, introduce me to a girl!”
“Yuichi, I’ve already told you…!”
Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.
Now was the time, even if it wouldn’t work.
Since they were on the topic, it should be okay, right?
Even if he was rejected, he could laugh it off as a joke.
Kanae swallowed. He had to look relaxed when he said it.
Please God! Let me sound normal!
Don’t let me sound like a desperate idiot!
And as if Kanae’s prayers had reached the heavens, his voice came out perfectly normal. With a big grin, Kanae turned to Yuichi.
“If it’s sex that you want, then why not me?”
For a moment it seemed as if Yuichi hadn’t heard, or that he hadn’t understood. But eventually his mouth opened wide, and he looked at Kanae. The other boy kept smiling at him casually, like some mystical creature.
“If you’re so desperate that you’d do anyone, then why not me?”
“Oh…yeah,” Yuichi said hesitantly, crossing his arms.
“Yeah, that’s right. You do boys too, huh?”
It was something that everyone had said, but there was no proof to back it up. If Yuichi was such a sex demon, then it was likely that he would happily sleep with boys or girls. Sex was sex, wasn’t it?
And if Yuichi came to think that Kanae was gay, then that wasn’t a problem, either.
Yuichi stood up without saying a word. Kanae froze for an instant.
Was he angry?
Kanae quickly smiled and opened his mouth to reassure his friend that it was just a joke, but Yuichi grabbed Kanae’s wrist.
“Will you make it good?” he asked.
Kanae smiled a bit uneasily. He really had no idea what he was getting himself into.
“You’re right, Kanae. I shouldn’t limit myself to women only…I’ve heard men are good too. And I think that if it’s you, I’ll be able to get it up.” Yuichi grinned, pulling Kanae along.
What a compliment.
Yuichi got up and headed for the cafeteria exit, Kanae in tow. The other boy remained silent as he followed behind. They managed to cross the campus, and it was only when they reached the main gate that Kanae finally realized what was going on.