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    Sequel to "Under the Same Roof"

    A year was a long time to love someone.
    Long enough for habits to settle in, for silences to stop feeling awkward, for the word us to come naturally.

    Yuta had started thinking in terms of later.
    Maki hadn’t.

    She was happy like this—here, now, no questions asked. And Yuta loved her for it, even as a quiet unease settled in his chest.

    There were things they never talked about.

    For now, it was easy to pretend they didn’t matter.

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    “I love you, idiot.”
    The words slipped out before she could stop them. Maki felt her face burn, but she didn’t look away.
    Yuta froze, his heart skipping like struck by a gentle lightning bolt. The world—the kitchen, the wall, everything outside—faded in an instant. Only those words remained.
    The girl who wielded sarcasm like a sword, hid her heart under layers of thorns and provocative grins.
    Oh, she was affectionate: in their intimate moments, she held him with fierce tenderness, teased him with mischievous smiles, made him tremble with possessive touches. But those words? Rare as shooting stars. And every time she said them, Yuta felt moved like it was the first time.

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