Suki toka Arienai

Koudai Tsukamoto is a three-year veteran editor who takes over managing novelist Itsuki Setoguchi after a coworker goes on maternity leave. He enjoys reading Itsuki’s novels in his free time. His quiet routine is disturbed by a difficult neighbor who creates a poor first impression and is also competing for the attention of the same woman. Amid the resulting complications, Koudai discovers that the author he admires is unexpectedly close to him.