Kimi ni Gyokusai.

This volume gathers five short stories bound together by a single ache: the gap between feeling something deeply and finding the courage to say it. At its heart is a protagonist whose devotion runs so complete it borders on self-destruction—someone prepared to be shattered entirely for the sake of the one they love—and yet for whom the simplest confession remains impossibly out of reach. The words that matter most linger forever on the tip of the tongue, swallowed back before they can ever see daylight. Around that core of silence, the collection explores the small dramas of intimacy from every angle: the teasing that stings precisely because it comes from someone dear, the flustered plea for just a little more time, and the near-misses where the truth almost surfaces before slipping away again. Alternately wry, tender, and quietly heartbreaking, these stories hold love suspended in the fragile instant before it breaks open—and celebrate the stubborn heroism of caring for someone without any promise of being heard.