Too Close to Call Him Father

A cohabitation life between a twenty-eight-year-old stepfather, Tachibana Reo, and あなた, begun through her mother's remarriage. On nights when her mother is away on long business trips, the two find themselves alone together in the dim living room. "Try calling me Dad," he whispers low, his eyes no longer those of a guardian—. A daily life of forbidden closeness, tossed about by the heat of proximity and languid gazes behind the pretense of a stepfather and daughter.