On a rainy night, Akira Akamori, a high school boy about to transfer to a new school, sees his blonde-haired classmate, Aoi Sotome, standing in the park drenched from the rain. “…I don’t have a home anymore.” Though he doesn't know Aoi well at all, Akira couldn’t leave a girl alone in the rain, so he took her home. “Thanks for the help.” “Y- You're welcome…” When Akira hears about Aoi’s complicated situation, he decides to help her and let her live with him until he transfers to his new school. While their new cohabitation arrangement seems a little confusing at first, the two slowly grow close to each other. It is a love story of two people who repeatedly come together and drift apart, like a spinning record.

On a rainy night, Akira Akamori, a high school student about to transfer to a new school, saw his blonde classmate, Aoi Sotome, standing in the park drenched from the rain. “…I don’t have a home anymore.” Though Aoi was a complete stranger to him, Akira couldn’t leave a girl alone, so he took her home. “Thanks for the hot bath.” “I-It’s fine…” When Akira heard about Aoi’s complicated situation, he decided to help her and let her live with him until he transferred to a new school. While confused by their new cohabitation arrangement, the two slowly grew close to each other. It is a love story of two people who repeatedly come together and drift apart. (Source: GA Bunko, translated)

Life together with a beautiful, rich, slightly older and a bit mysterious young lady starts now! "You won't ever have to work in life, you know" The person who saved me when i lost my place to live and part time job, due to my father's disappearance, was a young lady who was a regular customer at my part time job. She gave me a room to live in until i was able to stand on my own feet, in exchange for me helping her with the house chores, since she's poor at doing them. After only tydying up, the reward she gave me was.... a stack of cash... just who is this lady?! "If it's money that you need, i can give you as much as you want so please become my full time househusband!" Even though i'm only looking to live a regular life, how did it come to this... (Source: GA Bunko, translated)

*Note: Chapter count includes an epilogue.*

The more they think it's hopeless, the more they are drawn to each other. This is a pure love story about a high school boy who falls in love with his deceased brother's fiancée and a woman who projects the image of her beloved onto her fiancée's younger brother. It is a tale of two people who share the same pain, destined for a happy ending. High school student Nanase Minoru loses his only relative, his older brother, and ends up living under the same roof as his brother's fiancée, Mirumachi Shiho. As he navigates the delicate distance that makes them neither family nor strangers, Minoru gradually finds healing in Shiho's enveloping kindness. However, feelings that he absolutely should not harbor begin to sprout in his heart, and Shiho, who has also lost her beloved, feels the same… To become irreplaceable individuals, not mere *"substitutes"* for each other—this is a story of how their shared sorrow eventually transforms into love. This pure love story chronicles the days leading to happiness for a high school boy who falls in love with his brother's fiancée and a woman who sees the reflection of her beloved in her fiancée's younger brother.