Embraced in the Guise of a Stranger

• Yaoi
• Romance

• office-romance
• shounen-ai
• slow-burn
• angst
• fluffy

Tachibana lives his life as a perfect facade, desperate to blend in and be perceived as 'normal' while burying a deep, traumatic past. In contrast, his coworker Asaka is the embodiment of unapologetic authenticity, a man whose bold personality clashes with Tachibana's carefully constructed mask. Their tension peaks when Tachibana, hidden behind a disguise, visits a gay bar for the first time. There, he encounters Asaka, who doesn't recognize him, and the same man who irritates him by day is the same man who invites him to a hotel for a night of passion. As a secret, high-stakes office romance unfolds, can Tachibana let go of his mask and find solace in the arms of an office rival?