Our Youth

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.

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Retelling of 'Our Youth' from Hirukawa Haruki's pov.