Bronze

Vol. 3
After Koji found Izumi, Izumi hide Koji in his apartment. Meanwhile, the Nanjo family was searching for the missing Koji. Hirose Nanjo suspected that his lover Izumi would know so he had Akihito kidnapped Izumi. After realizing Izumi went missing, Koji dashed over to Nanjo’s family house. They learned that Serika’s foster parent’s bankruptcy was the doing of Hirose. Koji went down on his knees and begged Hirose to help them. Izumi got upset and told Koji to stop begging those villains. Izumi screamed at Koji saying that even though Koji said he would do anything for him, he would not even speak. Maybe there was nothing to say any more between them. His pain and anguish forced Koji to overcome his mental block and got his voice back. Then, Izumi told Koji to help him up, and they left the Nanjo house together.

Determined to revolve his life around Izumi, Koji during his concert announced his retirement. His reason was that since he had found his love, there was no need for him to continue to sing. He was going to retire. All of his fans went berserk, one crazy fan (Hisaya’s girlfriend) attacked Koji with a razor.

Even though Koji was not badly hurt. To escape all this madness (mad fans), Shibuya hide him in his apartment. To make sure Koji behaves; Izumi moved in with him. At this point, Izumi and Koji started living together as lovers.

During one of their pillow talk, Koji told Izumi about his childhood. He was borne by a 15-year-old model that did not want him. When he was three, he was dumped back to his father. Since his childhood, he could not experience any emotion. It was 6 years ago that Koji first saw Izumi; it was love at first sight, and he had been searching for him every since. Izumi was deeply moved by Koji’s sad childhood, and he told Koji that he would be there for him; he would be there to protect him.

-Kamui K-
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