Naoya Shirakawa

First appearance: Volume 2. Orphaned at a young age when his parents died in an auto accident a traumatic experience that haunted him for years he was taken in by Aoe Reiji ldquoout of kindness.rdquo As a result of Aoersquos charity he fell in love with the older man. Naoya is well obedient to Aoe and his brother Kiichi see below. Naoya is often attributed to a cat he also adopted a kitten Gyoku known simply as the 039kitten039 when people talk about Reiji039s lover.