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To Have and to Hold

A short boys love / yaoi / gay visual novel about a couple of cousins whose paths cross at a family wedding. They both get a little drunk, emotions run high, and things take a surprisingly steamy turn.

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Developer
ebi-hime
Publisher
ebi-hime
Release
August 6, 2023
2 years and 362 days ago
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Very Positive83 reviews90.4%

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About the Game



Yuel’s life is a mess.

He’s twenty-eight years old, he works a boring office job, and he’s barely scraping by with his limited finances.

Throw in the fact that his wealthy father disowned him almost a decade ago, then died six months prior, and his life really couldn’t be any worse…

Or could it?

After being invited to his aunt’s wedding, Yuel reconnects with his handsome, easygoing older cousin, Tavi. A string of unfortunate circumstances lead Yuel to sharing a hotel room with Tavi for the wedding, and (more worryingly) the same bed.

With emotions running high and fancy champagne in abundance, what will happen next?

The answer: something Yuel will probably regret.




  • 40k words of text (approx 2-4 hours of reading)
  • A linear story with no choices or branches
  • Detailed character and background art
  • A cute BL story about a couple of cousins
  • Drunken confessions
  • Emotional angst
  • Sex!
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