[caption id="attachment_147650" align="aligncenter" width="298" caption="Usui Masahiro (left) and Kaji Masaki (right) lock lips in "The Merchant of Venice"."][/caption]

On April 28th, the final dress rehearsal for the D-BOYS production of "The Merchant of Venice" was held, where Kaji Masaki (23) revealed that he enjoys kissing fellow member Usui Masahiro (19).

Usui plays the role of Portia, �who is pursued by Kaji's character, Bassanio, and the play features a kiss scene between the two.

Kaji commented, "Including outside (practice), we've kissed over 200 times. Recently, Usui has become cute, and his kiss is soft and comfortable... He got in character too much and his female hormones increased."

Usui shyly told reporters, "Before (we) kiss, I eat (the mint) FRISK. Because I'm a woman."

D-BOYS members play both the female and male leads in their first Shakespeare production, with sub-leader Yanagi Kotaro also donning wig and makeup. The play will open in Ikebukuro's Sunshine Theatre on April 29th.

I think I just heard the brains of inter-group "shippers" explode.

Source + Photo: Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports