Tonight,The Night (SHY NOVELS 331)

[Machine Translation] One summer day, Machi was suffering from heat stroke and was saved by Tasuku, who happened to be passing by. Machi's family owned a Japanese confectionery, and Tasuku was the son of one of their customers. They met when Machi was 21 and Tasuku was 12, an adult in unrequited love and a child who had yet to fall in love. Since then, Tasuku has always been fond of Machi, and he has always had a boyish innocence and straightforwardness in his heart. Tasuku then tells Machi of his feelings for him. I love Machi, what should I do? Machi's heart is shaken by his childish confession.

ある夏の日、熱中症にかかった真知は、偶然とおりかかった佑に助けられた。真知の実家は和菓子屋で、佑は得意先のひとり息子だった。報われない恋をしている大人とまだ恋をしらない子ども、真知・二十一歳、佑・十二歳、それが出会いだった―。以来、佑はなにかと真知に懐き、少年らしい潔さとまっすぐな心を向けてくる。そして佑は真知に想いを告げる。「俺、真知が好き、どうしたらいいの」と。幼い告白に真知の心は揺れ―。