KONIWA Hatoko

Ukawa, a first-year oil painting student at an art university, is blessed with promising talent, yet feels a disconnect between his own attitude towards romance and that of those around him, leading him to spend his days alone. He is drawn to the beauty of Kou, an upperclassman he meets at university, but keeps his distance due to Kou's apparent womanizing. However, after a chance encounter, Ukawa learns that Kou harbors a secret desire to be embraced by a man, and makes a proposition to him...? A BL story about two college students who are awkward in love, brought to you by the up-and-coming author Hatoko Koniwa.