Boy's Next Door

The Story

Laurence: Laurence is a young 14 year old boy who runs away from home to meet up with his older brother.  He gets caught up in a male prostitution ring and is basically a slave.  The tattoo on his chest symbolizes this.  Laurence wants out of his life desperately and sees Adrain as his savior.

Adrian: Adrian is a school teacher by day, serial killer by night.  He kills prostitues because of his mother who was a prostitue and his first victim.  Adrian is well liked by his students and colleges.

Dallas: Laurence's brother.  Runs the prostituation rind and tries to force Laurence to turn against Adrian.

Little Girl: Student of Adrain.  Laurence gives the lizard to.

The Story: Laurence  accidentally stumbes upon adrian who is killing a young man in an alley.  Frantically, Adrian runs away, dropping a name tag for his pet iguana.  Laurence finds it and the next day goes and visits Adrian at the school where he works.  Laurence tries to blackmail Adrian into helping him in return for the tag.  Adrian considers murdering Laurence so not to be found out.  Laurence gives Adrian a card where he can be reached.

    Adrian goes to the club and tries to give Laurence his savings  but, Laurence dosen't want it.  Laurence said he would give the tag back and puts Adrian's finger in his mouth.  Adrian runs out saying how disgusting that is.  Latter Laurence sits alone and pulls the tage out of its hiding place, his mouth

Latter Laurence and Adrian meet up again as Adrian is trying to help one of his students who is caught shoplifting.  Laurence returns the money and tells him that he reminds him of his older brother who he is trying to find.

The pair become lovers.  Adrian is still afraid of what to do and mutters about killing Laurence.  Instead of being frightened, Laurence accepts the idea and sees it as a way out of his hellish life.

Adrian confesses to Laurence everything.  He tells him about his past and how his mother abandoned him.  When he eventully found his way back home, his mother was with a client and was piessed that he came back.  Latterthe guy stabbed her and she called out for Adrian to help her, fed up with the lies and disguested with the hypocrisy, Adrian stabbed her in the heart killing her.  Transfixed by his dead mothers cold piercing eyes he covered them with tape.  This became a compulsion and his trade mark when he killed.

Laurence is not scared by what Adrian has told him.  He asks Adrian to forgive himself so he can stop killing.

the leader of the prostitution ring is Dallas, Laurence does not  know this until he is brought before Dallas.  Dallas demands that Laurence helps him.  Laurences refuses and  is drugged. 

Adrian has not seen Laurenc in a couple of weeks.  When he dose  show up Laurence pulls a gun on shim  Adrian stabs him and then realizes that the gun had no bullets. 

The story ends by Adrian going into an insane asylum.  As Adrian is relazing on the roof top he sees Laurence standing at the edge holding balloons.  He smiles when he sees Laurenc.  Laurence reaches out to him and Adrian jups into his arms.

The End

I really love this manga.  It is probabaly my favorite.  The whole story is beautifully drawn and there is a sensitive portrayal of characters.  I absolutely adore Laurence.  I feel that he is a very intresting character.  Its just too bad this was such as short piece.