Awkward Silence or Bukiyou Na Silent is a Boys Love genre manga by Takanaga Hinako , author of many other popular Yaoi series such as The Tyrant Falls in Love and Little Butterfly. . It was started in 2004 and first serialised in Be X Boy. It now stands complete at three volumes. Poor Communication Kills... or at least makes relationships a more dificult than usual. It requires endless patience on Tamiya's part just to not give up on him, and incredible effort on Toono's just to get his feelings across.