Kasa no Shita, Futari

For high school student Mio Keisuke, life has drifted into a gray and uneventful rhythm. Romance, in particular, has never gone his way—his relationships never seem to last. Being kept by a girlfriend feels like far more trouble than it is worth, and he cannot bring himself to genuinely fall in love or devote himself to making his partner happy. For Mio, love has always remained just beyond his grasp. Then one day, a sudden downpour leaves him scrambling for cover beneath the awning of an apartment belonging to Yugi Kakeru. It is a fleeting, chance encounter, yet it marks the moment Mio's monotonous world begins to shift. As he comes to know Kakeru, he senses that beneath that cool, detached exterior lies a loneliness impossible to hide. Before long, Mio finds himself falling for this aloof yet undeniably lonely friend—a feeling he never saw coming. The dull, repetitive days he once drifted through are quietly transformed, as a simple shelter from the rain becomes the start of something far warmer.