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    Summary

    There's no way to give a decent summary of this without spoilers, so here's the brief version:
    After attending the same grade school but never speaking, Shion and Nezumi meet in college, where Nezumi is the librarian's assistant and Shion finds himself frequenting the library for more reasons than the books. The start of their relationship is easy and incredible, in a way that doesn't seem able to last...

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    As Shion was leaving, he stopped at Nezumi’s doorway, where Nezumi had followed him. The roommate had fallen onto his bed, and an arm dangled off. Shion stared at his arm from the doorway, the way his fingers nearly touched the floor.
    “Shion,” Nezumi said, and Shion looked up, wondered if Nezumi would kiss him again, waited with his heart in his lips, ready to offer it to this man.
    But Nezumi only smiled, a small smile, not amused or smirking but just happy, if a bit tentative. The side of his face was illuminated now by the light of the television screen.
    “Goodnight,” he whispered, and Shion thought maybe this small smile lit up by the light of the television screen was even better than a kiss.

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