Martini Kouryakuhou

A high school relationship involved a senior, Shinobu, who was both attractive and cruel, taking significant personal milestones from the narrator. After graduation, he vanished for four years before reappearing more alluring than before. Despite his openness with others, he only offers harsh words to the narrator. Still, the narrator desires to stay close to him and begins a part-time job at the bar where he works. The collection includes the three-part main story and three shorter pieces titled "Let's Forget," "Freedom From Constraint," and "Stirring Technique."