Sam's manga / #re-encounter(229)

Takanashi Akira’s finally made it out of the boonies and into the big city, ready to start his new life in Tokyo—except his new company seems to have gone bankrupt before he even arrived, and so he’s left with no other choice than to presume upon the good graces of his childhood penpal Chihiro, whom he’s only met once before in his life. Chihiro, now a tall and attractive young man and not the short little sprout Akira remembers, is only too happy to have his best friend living with him as his roommate, and life seems to be going relatively well for Akira in his new ‘position’ as live-in security guard for Chihiro’s apartment—until one day they find themselves assaulted by a pair of unknown men on the street who seem to have been hired to kidnap Chihiro…

Mio Keisuke is a high-schooler who leads a rather dull, boring life. He canâ€t keep a girlfriend—because being a kept manâ€s too much of a hassle, and he canâ€t bring himself to fall in love and want to please his woman. Then—one day he seeks shelter from a sudden downpour under the awning of an apartment owned by Yugi Kakeru…and suddenly his life isnâ€t so dull anymore as he finds himself falling for his aloof and yet obviously lonely friend.