suteruberry
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"We set two simple rules: No jealousy. No catching feelings. But rules are meant to be broken by the people who made them."
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To the rest of the world, Dr. Kenjiro Mitsugi (28) is the flawless, stoic heir to a prestigious medical dynasty. He has his entire life calculated with surgical precision. But behind his calm, clinical facade lies a dark, agonizing secret: he has been hopelessly, silently in love with his best friend for six years.
Teiichi Hiromiya (28) is the free-spirited, charismatic owner of a traditional Tokyo cafe. After escaping a toxic, suffocating relationship with his high-end designer ex, Junpei, Teiichi is emotionally guarded. He doesn't want romance; he wants a safe, uncomplicated escape.
After a vulnerable, rain-slicked night at the cafe, a boundary is crossed, and Teiichi proposes a solution that sounds like absolute paradise to a desperate man: a strictly physical, friends-with-benefits arrangement.
Kenjiro accepts, knowing he is swallowing poison just to taste the desert water.
But as the lines between cold, explicit late-night encounters and domestic reality begin to blur, the boundaries they meticulously built start to fracture. And when Junpei steps back into Teiichi's life, and a brilliant, upper-class resident named Mitsuru sets his eyes on Kenjiro, the fragile arrangement completely implodes.
Can you keep things casual when every touch feels like a lifetime sentence? Or will the weight of unrequited love destroy the only friendship that ever mattered?
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Genre: Romance | Mature | Smut