When 29-year-old illustrator Kei quits his job to rethink his future, a friend who works as an editor gives him a bizarre assignment: move into the home of the brilliant but notoriously difficult 32-year-old novelist Hijiri Saionji, keep him on schedule, and draw his portrait. Kei arrives at Hijiri’s spacious house in an upscale neighborhood, only to be met with open annoyance and a cold, dismissive attitude. Rather than backing down, Kei decides to treat this as a chance to plunge into a new environment and commits to facing the prickly writer head-on. As the two begin living together, Kei gradually discovers the hidden reasons behind Hijiri’s frosty exterior—a traumatic loss that has made him push people away. The cohabitation slowly thaws Hijiri’s guarded heart, and their shared dedication to their craft—Hijiri wanting to write a good novel, Kei wanting to draw a good illustration—begins to inspire and challenge each other. Their relationship deepens from a mere practical arrangement into a genuine emotional bond, culminating in a confrontation that forces them to acknowledge their true feelings. Across two volumes, the story follows the quiet, transformative arc of a socially inept novelist and an illustrator in a moratorium period, learning to trust, grow, and find comfort in each other’s presence.