Minase Jin and Hirukawa Haruki have spent years by each other's side-first as high school rivals, then as something far deeper. Now, as adults navigating the pressures of work and society, their love remains hidden, trapped behind unspoken fears and the weight of expectations. To the world, Minase is the perfect man-smart, reliable, and a future husband in the making. No one knows that the person he comes home to is the one he's most afraid to lose. Hirukawa, once a reckless delinquent, has changed for the man he loves, yet he carries the silent ache of being a secret-never seen, never acknowledged. As the world around them pushes for a life they cannot have, their love is tested. How long can Minase keep hiding? How long can Hirukawa endure the pain of being hidden? And when love is forced into the shadows, will it still be strong enough to survive? A story about love, sacrifice, and the quiet pain of a relationship that dares not speak its name.

Minase Jin should have never got involved with people like Hirukawa Haruki. Then, he wouldn't be struggling through high school pregnant with a hidden relationship with a troublemaker.

Minase Jin never got involved with people like Hirukawa Haruki. He stayed on the sidelines, always watching, never saying much. Haruki didn't care. He had his own problems to deal with, and Jin was never supposed to be a part of them. At least, not until Jin uncovered his secret-the bruises, the nights Haruki didn't go home, the truth he worked so hard to hide. Haruki had expected mockery, pity, maybe even betrayal. But Jin did none of that. Instead, he quietly stepped into Haruki's life in a way that caught him completely off guard. Jin helped without asking, stayed without prying, and somehow, Haruki found himself letting him. They weren't friends. Haruki wasn't even sure what they were. Jin was everything Haruki wasn't-perfect, composed, respected. And yet, somehow, the two of them became tangled in a connection neither could define. No matter how much Haruki tried to push Jin away, he couldn't let him go. Whatever it was-hate, pity, or something else entirely-it had brought them together. And for better or worse, Jin changed everything for Haruki, in ways he never expected. OR Retelling of 'Our Youth' from Hirukawa Haruki's pov.