This month's chapter of Tyrant starts off right where last month's chapter left off. For the moment, Sempai has come to accept that, yes, he wants Morinaga around and the feelings he has for him probably go far beyond that of 'just friends'. He tells Morinaga that he wants him to stay with him, which is probably the closest thing to an 'I love you' that Morinaga's gonna get from Sempai at the moment. And yes, this is a big development.
After this, Sempai passes out. It turns out that he hasn't really been eating or sleeping properly while he and Morinaga were fighting/separated.
It's only hunger and exhaustion though, so it's fixed pretty easily.
Now Morinaga and Sempai are back together in their apartment. It's going pretty well, all things considering, except that Sempai is now being pretty overly cautious and very aware of Morinaga's presence, to the point where it's almost like they're angry at each other or avoiding each other (which they aren't).
This all comes to a head near the end of the chapter where Sempai gathers the nerve to try to ask Morinaga why he hasn't tried anything (sexual) yet. He doesn't actually ask, his shyness kinda gets in the way, but Morinaga does realize what's going on.
He tells Sempai that he doesn't want to drive him away again, so they're gonna go at Sempai's pace. So he leaves the choice up to Sempai: what does he want to do?
This series isn't really big on seriousness, there're pretty serious undertones throughout the whole story, but nothing as big as this arc, or as long, as happened until now. This particular arc (which started at the beginning of volume 7) has been very low on humour and sexual content, but still keeps our interest by throwing new and important things our way.
Along with this being Morinaga and Sempai's first major, serious fight... ever, this arc brings in Masaki, Morinaga's first lover. Sempai gets jealous about everything and all his feelings come up to the surface, but he can't deal with them so he lashes out instead, telling Morinaga that their relationship has been a farce all this time.
This is the point where everyone finally realizes that something needs to change in this relationship. Sempai has to come to terms with these new and strange feelings, and Morinaga has to realize how much this is affecting Sempai and how.
But it's all come down to this point (this chapter is apparently the second-last chapter in this arc, so we'll have the conclusion next month). Morinaga is now trying harder than ever to consider Sempai's feelings, and Sempai now has to make a desicion and confront his feelings towards Morinaga, their relationship, and how his though process has changed (remember, he was pretty anti-homosexual in the beginning of the series... that and he has his shyness and mountain of pride to deal with).
So what will he do now?
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