A series of drabbling things. May cause severe tooth erosion
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Glycoaldehyde
They act like such different people.
Usami Akihiko is tall and blond and beautiful, and he knows it. He exudes confidence, a man who knows he can handle the world when it turns to him. Nothing seems beyond him – he has a law degree, enough intelligence to tackle anything and a mind filled to the brim with stories.
Takahashi Misaki is short and brunette and very cute, although he's not sure why anyone would think so. He's just an average college student, he tells himself, even with all of these not so average people who he just seems to attract. He can cook pretty well, and he can clean like a champion, but he doesn't see anything special about this.
But...
Usami Akihiko thinks of Usami Akihiko as pathetic; a loser who can't hold onto people, who just can't seem to find anyone who's willing to show him love. He's difficult and arrogant and spoilt, and he can't blame a soul for finding him hateful. He's learnt to hide his loneliness in stories, but it always seeps back to the real world. Always. He can't escape from it. He can't escape from himself.
Takahashi Misaki thinks of Takahashi Misaki as pathetic. Someone with no particular talents, no particular drive. Someone with no spine, no ability to stand up to anyone. He just wants everyone to be happy, because he's cost so many people their happiness before. It can never be about him, it has to be about them.
And...
Usami Akihiko loves Takahashi Misaki, because he's the least selfish person he's ever met. He's sweet and open and Akihiko has never met someone so determined to help everyone. He's never met anyone so determined to help him.
Takahashi Misaki loves Usami Akihiko, although he'd rather eat his own foot than ever confess it to anyone. For all the arrogance and coldness, the man is kind and gentle, desperate for affection and company and love, willing to do anything for a little taste of love.
So...
Glycoaldehyde is the simplest possible sugar, important in a reaction which may explain the origin of life. The 'formose reaction' allows simple molecules to be converted to more complicated and essential sugars, such as ribose, and one of the intermediates involved is the titular sugar.
The moral of this story is that the least complex things are intensely important still!