Kyouichi is now divorced from his wife and carrying on a tenuous, homosexual relationship with Imagase. He has even become accustomed to having sex with Imagase every day. However, when Tamaki, a young coworker with a crush on Kyouichi, appears on the scene, it might be the beginning of the end for Kyouichi and Imagase.
~from PresenceDear
Prquel: Kyuuso wa Cheese no Yume wo Miru
I first discovered Mizushiro Setona's work through her shoujou manga. Then I discovered that she also wrote yaoi, which is how I discovered this manga, and it's prequel "The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese". Crazy titles aside, I have only found a handful of mangas where the story telling has moved me as much as this one has.
The story picks up where "The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese" left off; Kyouichi has given into the stalkerish advances of Imagase, and the two are now a couple. However, as invariably happens, a happy ending is not necessarily on the cards. Enter female-character-with-a-crush-on-the-originally-straight-one.
O.K, as far as yaoi mangas go, the story is not particularly original. What is is the way the story is written and the characters, who are both controlled by their own insecurities. I like the artwork and the character designs, and there are plenty of fairly graphic sex scenes, but what really sways this manga for me is the emotional content. Yes, it is angsty, but the angst feels real, and painful. I don't want to give away any spoilers, suffice to say that the predictable event in chapter 3, which I have seen occur in so many yaoi mangas, has never effected me as much as it did in this one.
Read "The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese", then follow it with this manga. Cliché has never been so raw and beautiful.