From BLU:
From modern-day tales of romance in Seattle, to eerie stories from historical Japan, to Yoshinaga-sensei's depiction of the class conflicts that fueled the French Revolution... In these unforgettable tales, there's a little something for every BLU fan!

And perhaps best of all, the characters Claude and Antoine (a young aristocrat and his butler) are introduced in this volume. Catch up to their later adventures in Fumi Yoshinaga's 'Lovers in the Night'!

Stories:
1. Truly Kindly
2. True Tenderness
3. A Today Completely Different From Yesterday
4. Pandora
5. Chinoiserie
6. A Butler's Proper Place
7. A Day in the Life of an Aristocrat

In the aftermath of the Crusades, two travelling Arabic minstrels - Farhad and Saud - arrive at the castle of the melancholic Baron Victor. Over a series of four connected short stories, Victor reveals the reasons for his sadness, the minstrels' own stories are revealed and, in very different ways, this fortuitous meeting allows all three to find a measure of contentment.

Story 1 - Don't Say Any More, Darling
The only thing keeping Tadashi, a struggling song lyricist, alive is food handouts from Kouhei, a successful doctor. In fact, Tadashi has been leeching off of Kouhei for practically their entire professional lives.
Before they arrived at this queer living arrangement, they once enjoyed a little fling back when they were in high school. Though the affair ended briefly afterwards, they've remained fast friends still. But Kouhei's parents want nothing more than to see their son settling down. As Kouhei is pushed ever more forcefully into an arranged marriage, will he finally admit that he sees Tadashi as something more than just a friend?

Story 2 - My Eternal Sweetheart
Sir Arthur, a teenager, has immune deficiency syndrome. He can never leave his house because of all the bacteria outside, thus he feels eternally bored. So to satiate his boredom, he asks his brother to make him some sexdroids to have fun. But, his restless boredom still remains...

Story 3 - Fairyland
"Because humans had become so foolish and indecent, God punished them by erasing them from the Earth."
It's been a month, and there was no sight of humans except for himself. Sawada Ryohei thought he was the only one left, until he spotted a bespectacled boy. And it turns out that, this fairytale wasn't a good one.

Story 4 - One May Day (Josei)
A professor went to a restaurant one day, and it wasn't that good. But the little things about the owner(?) Sachiko, like her pretty forehead, made him a regular there. Little things can change everything.

Story 5
A young, beautiful, talented pianist. That's what he was.
No longer is he young; No longer does he have men in lines just waiting to embrace him. Because he indulged in his one-time fame, he neglected everything else and now has become any regular bearded Joe.
Now in his 40s, he just wants his strike in love! But does he still have it

Kakei Shirou, a lawyer whose hobby is cooking, lives with his lover Yabuki Kenji, a hairdresser. The story follows their daily lives, with the dishes that Kakei makes providing the backdrop against which the author explores the reality of being a gay couple in Japan.

Note: Nominated for the first annual Manga Taishou Award (2008).

A single father who never had any trouble with his son discovers that his son might have impregnated his girlfriend.

From BLU:

Hired as a servant by an Aristocrat family, Claude works hard to care for the family that took him in. But when the master of the house and his wife eventually pass away, Claude must keep spoiled son Antoine in line and teach him to be a proper gentleman. As the two become closer, a forbidden love develops between them...

From 801 Media:
Tamiya meets Tohdou at Teinou University, a school for kids from well-off families. Tamiya is shocked at the different values that Tohdou and his friends have, but begins a curious friendship with them. As graduation nears, the two friends strike up a fledgling love.