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Unrequited love is a quiet kind of agony - especially when the person you love burns as brightly as Bokuto Koutarou.
Akaashi Keiji has spent years holding everything together the perfect student, the reliable friend, the composed setter who never lets his cracks show. But after years of being everyone’s anchor, the weight of expectations—his family’s, his team’s, his own is finally beginning to crush him. He’s tired of giving. Tired of pretending. For once, he wants something just for himself—peace, purpose, and the chance to rest without the world collapsing around him.
Ushijima Wakatoshi has only ever known one rule: give 120%, always. Now a rising star in Japan’s pro volleyball world, he’s praised, envied, unstoppable—and unbearably lonely. Beneath the strength and control is a boy who’s never been allowed to simply be.
When Akaashi and Ushijima’s worlds collide again at university, pressure meets quiet rebellion, and something starts to shift. Maybe it’s not love yet—but it’s the first time either of them remembers how to breathe..