• For beach bum Horyu, it's more than the surf that's up. He has justconfessed his undying love to timid and quiet Shouin, and though Shouin feelsthe same, he is reluctant to return Horyu's affections. Unknown to Horyu, Shouinalready has his heart broken and is - as the saying goes - once bitten twiceshy. It looks like Horyu will wipe out on this one, unless he can convinceShouin that he won't ever go through the same heartache twice. Meanwhile, in thesecond half of the book, Osaka-born Takehiko is tirelessly pursuing reserved artteacher Momose. But Momose has a terrible secret... he has a very weak heart andsetting their relationship to a more physical level could mean the death of him.In this case, could not showing your love be the ultimate expression ofit?