Unluckily in Love, an Ebi-hime BL VN

Unluckily in Love is a boys love visual novel by Ebi-hime, a writer I've had mixed feelings about, but can't seem to get away from.  The main couple are two men named Yuel and Tavi, and they're cousins.  Not only are they cousins, but Tavi doesn't shut up about how much he loves his baby cousin.  I get a little bit of ick from it, but I found out there are 3 other visual novels by Ebi-hime about the same couple, so these two characters are clearly very dear to her.  And I'm writing a sci-fi drama about clones in love, so those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.  She loves this couple enough to write about them 4 times, and it turns out I've already bought 3 of them, so I better get used to this couple if I wanna finish my backlog.  So, if fictional incest gives you too much of the ick, don't read this one, or To Have and To Hold, or All Idleness and Ephemera.  They all feature the same two characters, coming together in alternate realities, but I think they're cousins in every single one.  Ebi-hime clearly has a thing for it, and I'm in no position to shame her for it.

Yuel is a kicked puppy in every sense of the word.  He has faced a backstory full of abuse and neglect, and doesn't try to hide it from anyone.  So when Tavi actually treats him like a human being and takes care of him when he's in a sad state, obviously he catches feels for Tavi.

Tavi is a scoundrel.  My god.  Supposedly he changes his ways for Yuel, but I'm not convinced he's not still a scoundrel.  But shit can't not be fucky when these sorts of story lines are involved.  But MAN!  Tavi was a scum bag before he started taking care of Yuel.  Maybe Yuel makes him a better person, or Yuel is the one magical exception to his scoundrel ways.

About a year after Unluckily in Love came out, Ebi-hime added bonus content, and OH MY GOD!  She's a NekoPara fan too!  Her nods to the successful VN line are as subtle as a hammer to the head.  I like that kind of subtlety though, it's my favorite kind.  In a loving homage to the catgirl maids, Yuel grows cat ears and a tail, and Tavi talks him into wearing a maid outfit.  Not gonna lie, it's pretty fucking funny.  Still doesn't convince me that Tavi is less of a scoundrel though...

Anyways, I own 2 more VNs with these two, so expect to see more of them in the future.