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Ishida and Kimura have been seeing each other for twenty years...but only once a month.
They manage their work, and head for a hotel or ryokan where they can relax in a hot spring bath.
No one, even their closest friends know about their relationship.
This month, they are together again...for the 241st time.
They soak themselves in hot bath, treat themselves with good food.
"...Hey. Wanna come closer?"
"Okay."
This relaxing trip is what the mature couple live for.

Originally shared on social media as a pioneering entry in the "old man yaoi" genre, this is a heartfelt story of two lives that continue to find their way back to each other.



After transferring to a new high school under difficult circumstances, Hisaki meets Akito, a bright and sociable boy who will one day become his partner. Where Akito is warm and open, Hisaki is withdrawn and weighed down by his past. Though Hisaki resolves time and again to cut ties, fate brings them back together at key moments throughout their lives.

Now, after decades of distance, reunion, and quiet longing, the two have finally found a place to rest-together. After thirty years, their connection is far too deep to be called a beginning.

Yoji Akutagawa is an exceptional doctor. However, due to his lack of people skills, he's been relegated to handling surgeries only. At home, his nephew Kento recently told him he wants to move out and attend a boarding school once he graduates junior high. Then, at a meeting with Kento's tutor Mr. Yagi, Kento continues to complain about how fed up he is living with a barely-present uncle who always acts apathetic towards everything outside of his work. While Yoji is still reeling from shock, Mr. Yagi begins to take a deeper interest in Yoji and Kento's issues.