A Boring Man and an Extraordinary Man

When two former classmates are reunited in the workplace, sparks fly in spite of their so-called social differences. A BL love story about overcoming self-doubt and embracing self-worth!

Office worker Mochizuki leads an average, ordinary life in the countryside—and that's just the way he likes it. Besides the mundanities of his daily routine, not much out of the ordinary happens to Mochizuki... until the day his former classmate—the man who turned his world upside down—shows up at his workplace.

Natsuki Hyuga has been infatuated with Mochizuki ever since they were in school together, but Mochizuki always avoided his advances... until now. Now that they've been reunited, Hyuga is determined to finally take their relationship from colleagues to lovers, but Mochizuki can't imagine why someone so extraordinary would want to be with someone so... ordinary.
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Content Warnings: Explicit sexual content, dubious consent.

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