花は咲くか 1 [Hana wa Saku ka 1] (Does The Flower Blossom? #1)

桜井が出会ったのは、無愛想な大学生・蓉一。下宿をやっている蓉一の家を訪れるようになった桜井は次第に蓉一に惹かれ…! ?

Overworked, still single, 38-year-old salaryman Sakurai Kazuaki collides with a young man at the train station - causing the magazine he was carrying to be spoiled. This young man, Minagawa Youichi, is a student at an art college and lives in a big, old-fashioned mansion with two of his cousins. Since he happens to own the same magazine, he takes Sakurai to his house, saying "If I trade my copy with yours, you'll have nothing to complain about, right?"

Despite feeling annoyed and frustrated by the unsociable Youichi's arrogant behaviour, Sakurai soon finds himself a frequent visitor of the secluded household, inexplicably drawn to its enigmatic owner...