Kare to Watashi

On an otherwise unremarkable day, an utterly ordinary office worker makes a purchase that quietly upends his routine: a young man. Reserved to the point of near silence, the youth speaks only when absolutely unavoidable, meeting every demand with calm, unquestioning compliance. The salaryman brings him home, and a strange new form of cohabitation begins. Little by little, the man folds his enigmatic companion into everyday life. He dresses him, takes him out jogging, and at times gives in to playful impulses, toying with the young man's body in ways that blur the line between affection and something harder to name. Through it all, the youth never resists and never complains—his silent obedience only deepening the oddness of their arrangement. Who exactly is this wordless young man, and why does he surrender himself so completely? And what, beneath the surface of these quiet shared days, is the true nature of the bond between the two of them...?