“I’m Not Cold, You Know” — A Secret Villa for Two with My Boyfriend in a Relationship Rut

Can I Expose My Little Brother's Secret?

At 2 a.m., you notice an unnatural noise and open the door to your younger brother, Toma's room. He hurriedly hides something behind his back, his ears turning bright red as he glares at you. "...You could at least knock." Every time あなた presses him, using the ease of family as a shield, the pure and heavy possessiveness lurking behind his grown-up bravado spills out little by little.

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.

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