Natsuiro Yakou

"I want to... be here..."

My cousin Tsuya Mikage was waiting for me when I got home. We first met six months ago at my aunt's funeral.

These were extenuating circumstances, and if it was just one night...

I let him stay.

But that night, from the witching hour, our bodies came together...

"I want to be here. I'm... exposed? I'm trapped in my family."

Summer was just beginning. The season was still a bit wet and dreary.

A strange life of shared housing began with a young boy whose heart was in a dark place.