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After a traumatic incident at work, Kamakura locked himself away and let the trash pile up around him, resigned to his fate as a hikikomori... That is, until the day Katsuyoshi climbed in through his balcony. At their landlord's behest, Katsuyoshi offers to help Kamakura clean his apartment, insisting that Kamakura stay with him in the meantime. Kamakura reluctantly agrees, wondering why Katsuyoshi would offer to help out a complete stranger. Turns out, Katsuyoshi has his own reasons- and his own trauma- to work through. As they tidy together, the pair open up to each other and slowly begin to heal in this sweet slice-of-life romance about moving forward, one trash bag at a time...

William's life is upended by the sudden death of the mafia boss who had kept him as a lover...In the aftermath, the boss's adopted son-known only as Nine-appears at William's door, claiming he has nowhere else to go. Nine seems eager to weave his way into William's heart, but William can't be sure of his motives. The organization is convinced that Nine killed his father. And yet, as William begins to pull at loose ends, the truth becomes even more tangled.Now, William is drawn deeper into a web of desire and lies, where every choice could ensnare him-and where the one who seems closest may be the most dangerous of all.-Content Warnings: Explicit sexual content, violence, sexual assault, stalking