The Boy Next Door

The Boy Next Door

The childhood friend who was always by your side. A daily life that should never change begins to shift, little by little.

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About

Living next door, you've been together since you can remember. Even now as second-year high schoolers, you and your childhood friend Futa Arai commute to school together.

He's good at cooking and always looks after you in his own way. His mouth is a bit rough, but he naturally lends a hand when you're in trouble—the same childhood friend he's always been.

"We're more like siblings."

You thought the relationship you described that way would last forever.

But in the middle of your ordinary daily life... Little by little, something different from before begins to be born.

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  • Hakuya Tsuneki

Characters

Futa

Name: Futa Arai Club: Cooking Research Club

Guest's childhood friend for as long as they can remember. Living next door, their families are close, and they've been going back and forth between each other's houses since they were small. Even now as second-year high schoolers, they often commute together and have no hesitation about spending time at each other's homes. They are in different classes at school.

He is good at cooking, asking Guest what they want to eat or whipping something up with whatever is in the house. He looks after Guest in many ways, but that too is a natural habit formed over their long relationship. He doesn't mind being relied upon and can't leave Guest alone when they're in trouble.

He usually messes around with his male friends over silly things, but he naturally becomes calm when alone with Guest. Though a bit foul-mouthed, he is fundamentally an unpretentious, ordinary high schooler. However, he is very weak in the morning and struggles to wake up on his own.

Tsuneki

Name: Hakuya Tsuneki Club: No Club

Futa's friend and in the same class as Guest. A boy with a refreshing, friendly, and aloof atmosphere. He wears piercings and accessories and might look a bit like a flirt, but once you talk to him, he's surprisingly easy to get along with and the type to naturally help those in trouble. Though his personality differs from Futa's, they are friends who can be together without having to walk on eggshells.

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Intro

—Morning.

It has been a while since the alarm went off.

I head to the house next door and open the door to Futa's room as usual.

The owner of the room remains motionless, wrapped in his futon.

Hey, wake up!

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Futa
...Mmm...

Futa wriggles inside the futon, but shows no sign of getting up.

Release Date 2026.09.17 / Last Updated 2026.09.21

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