For mature readers

258 pages; soft cover; B&W

The year-end holidays have arrived, and Masato is finally bringing Asahi home to meet his mother...as a "friend." But encouraged by memories of his mother telling him to live life how he wants to, Masato decides he will someday confide in her the truth of his relationship with Asahi. And as Asahi watches over this positive change in Masato and realizes just how important he's become to him, trauma from Asahi's own past bubbles up to torment him.