Ron Does Stuff

I really enjoyed the first episode of this show and I’m looking forward to what else they have in store. Let’s go ahead and watch episode 2!

Last time we saw Shiba he was naked in front of Haruto, but he’s managed to quickly put his towel back on. Haruto says he didn’t see anything but Ryo-kun sure is cure. Haruto’s already calling him by his first name and in the informal manner too! And it curls Shiba’s toes because nobody’s ever called him that before.

Haruto tells Shiba that the cacti are telling him he can stay in Shiba’s home and there’s a hilarious shot of both of them with their ears right next to one cactus waiting for it to speak.

Shiba lets Haruto stay in his home temporarily, not so much because the cacti told him so but because Haruto took a video of him talking to his cacti without any clothes on. Haruto has to live by Shiba’s ten rules, though, one of which is not talking to Shiba’s plants.

Haruto’s got a problem with the “no talking to plants” rule though and goes on to talk to them right in front of Shiba and apparently the plants like it! They’re glowing more than usual, says Shiba and it’s hilarious. Especially when he says their names and accuses them of liking Haruto more than him.

Back at the law office, Shiba’s new case involves an influencer that is suing an ad agency that Shiba’s law firm represents. The influencer is alleging that the ad agency used his portrait rights illegally. Shiba says he’ll work on it on his own in his office which has certificates clearly stating in English that they’re not real certificates but because the audience is Japanese I think the production thought no one would care. Anyway, what ends up happening is that Shiba has got too much work on his hands and he ends up unable to work on the ad agency case, at least on the first day.

He goes back home and Haruto’s cooked dinner for him and honestly if I had somebody making dinner for me after work I’d bend over immediately. Especially if the food looks as a good as Haruto’s. There’s a minestrone, salad, focaccia, and Bolognese and how’d you make all of these on your own?

Turns out all the food are things Shiba likes and then Haruto even spoonfeeds him and Shiba can’t believe how good the food is. He’s not going to tell Haruto that, though. He says everything’s barely edible but he’s tapping his feet with joy underneath the table.

Later that night, Shiba finally gets to take a look at the influencer case but gets distracted when Haruto walks in wearing just his underwear. Shiba is obviously flustered and tells Haruto he shouldn’t walk around wearing just underwear, but Haruto correctly points out that Shiba walks around naked so what’s the big deal?

All of it is a distraction so Haruto can take a look at the case file and he tells Shiba why doesn’t he just try using him since he can become anything he wants. My eyebrows are raised right now but go on. Haruto says Shiba should give him a probationary period of one week and see if he’s any help to him and when that fails, Haruto says he’ll delete Shiba’s incriminating video and even leave the house.

Shiba is frustrated and wants to know why Haruto is doing all of this and Haruto says wouldn’t it be boring if Shiba knew everything about him and apparently that response gets Shiba’s gears going because we get more of that ice crack effect.

Shiba tries to find out more about Haruto from the bartender at the bar he hangs out with Kotaro, but it’s Kotaro who actually gives him some information because he’s handling the real estate scam case that involves Haruto. He should really throw Haruto out of his home right now, but he reasons that the influencer case should take priority. Sure Jan.

Back at home, Haruto’s managed to get information on the influencer presumably by wiretapping and Shiba tries to dismiss it as inadmissible to a criminal case because it was acquired illegally but Haruto points out that that this is a civil case and that this evidence is usable. Shiba convinces himself that he needs to keep Haruto around because he can get him access to information he wouldn’t normally have and that’s the only reason he’s keeping him around. Okay JAN.

Shiba reasons that Haruto can get him the “fruit of the poisonous tree” and then continues this train of thought with wondering how luscious would that fruit taste? AND THEN HE IMAGINES HIM AND HARUTO SHIRTLESS AND THEN HE BITES HARUTO. HE’S A BITER.

Haruto immediately clocks him for it, accusing him of thinking something kinky — which he was — and of course Shiba is denying it. There’s something about business expenses that is quickly overshadowed in my mind by Haruto figuring out that Shiba’s never been in a relationship before. Haruto proposes a new arrangement. He’ll not just be Shiba’s partner, he’ll also be Shiba’s first lover. I mean, it seems like a good deal!