muse ✨'s manga / #cooking(2)

Aw! I've seen the drama based on this, so I wanted to read the manga. The drama is a faithful adaptation! Two middle-aged men who stay together out of mutual respect and a desire for companionship, and (I think) gradually fall more in love with each other as their relationship progresses.

A 31-year-old discovers a 19-year-old sleeping outside on Christmas and gives him a place to stay. I like other works by this author but something about this isn’t clicking with me. I got bored by the third chapter and dropped it. ETA December 2021: Gave this a second shot and made it through to the end. I never did care about the main couple, but the second couple in the house had a touching backstory. I raised this to three stars because of them. If the story head focused on the two of them running away with each other, with the others as a backdrop, I think I would’ve preferred it more. There was no emotional build on the main couple. We were told they liked each other, but I never really saw it, and the ex being brought in was too quick.