Maki Marukido

Kijima and Kuzumi, showing the problems they face as they try to move forward in their lives, and how they drift apart while still yearning to be together. A story of love and life, and fantasies and failures of a novelist and his lover.

A broke novelist ghostwrites erotica to survive—but when a dying legend makes a twisted demand, he and his editor must face what they’ll sacrifice.

On a summer day, Haruhiko’s bike accident injures novelist Kijima. Unable to pay, Haruhiko becomes Kijima’s scribe, drawn into his enticing world.

Ten days before the world’s end, former lovers are reunited, leading them to wonder if it isn’t too late to reignite an old flame.