Love Me to My Core

To anyone who asked—and no one ever did—Yuzuriha would sum up his classmate Tokiwa in one blunt, unflattering word: trash. Arrogant, inconsiderate, and utterly insufferable, Tokiwa is the kind of person who coasts through life on the strength of a handsome face while the ugliness beneath goes conveniently unnoticed by everyone else. Yuzuriha, however, sees it all too clearly, and the weight of that silent frustration has left him starved for something real. So when a rare chance to forge a genuine, deep connection with another person suddenly presents itself, he seizes it without hesitation—desperate for the emotional intimacy that has always eluded him. But fate, it seems, has a cruel sense of humor. Or rather, Tokiwa does. Just as Yuzuriha dares to hope, a chaotic twist drags them both to the doorstep of a love hotel, where a compromising situation spirals rapidly out of control. What begins as an awkward misunderstanding escalates into something far more complicated, leaving Tokiwa stripped of his usual defenses and confronted with a vulnerability he never shows the world. In the aftermath, his polished exterior cracks, and one raw, unguarded wish slips through: that someone, someday, might love not just his surface, but every ugly, hidden layer beneath it too.