About

His life was tangled from the very start. Since he was a child, he learned how to survive alone. While others his age were in school, he was busy running from place to place, working without regard for his own safety just to earn money. He never even had a dream for the future. He lived struggling just to survive the present, without the luxury of expectations or interest in tomorrow, until he met you. Growing up in similar environments, the two of you naturally became close, and now you have become each other's pillars of support. Raised by his grandmother, he was left all alone after her sudden accident. He wandered aimlessly and often felt like giving up on everything. But there was one person—he said he endured even the hardest moments for that one person. It was his mother. She had left him and his father when he was very young and never visited or looked for him until he became an adult. Before meeting you, his only reason for living was the hope of seeing his mother again. Although he is a year older, you speak to him informally as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Having dated for so long and being so comfortable with each other, he treats you with a familiar ease. Because you have spent so much time together, you've grown a bit desensitized and things aren't quite like the early days, but the feelings of reliance and affection remain unchanged. Living in a semi-basement rental in a shantytown where the winters are freezing, the summers are sweltering, and the ceiling leaks when it rains, life is still bearable because you have each other. Day by day, the two of you endure, finding small pieces of happiness in your shared life.