Koukou Jidai ni Gouman Datta Joou-sama to no Dousei Seikatsu wa Igai to Ikigokochi ga Warukunai

A college student working part-time at a convenience store encounters a former high school classmate, now a woman with a reputation for being strong-willed and arrogant. She shows up one night in sweatpants and reveals a bruise on her wrist from an abusive boyfriend. The man offers her temporary shelter at his apartment. As the night progresses, their relationship takes an unexpected turn when she suddenly embraces him from behind. The story explores the evolving dynamic between the two as they begin living together under ambiguous terms, neither friends nor lovers.