Blue Box Vol. 12 — Manga Raw / Buy Official

At the snowy training camp in Nagano, Taiki finds his focus shattered, unable to stop thinking about Chinatsu back in Tokyo. A simple text from her, asking what he is doing, sends his emotions into a spiral. Meanwhile, Chinatsu struggles with the silence of their shared home, feeling the profound absence of Taiki’s presence. When a serendipitous encounter on the ski slopes forces them together, the thin veil of their 'senior-junior' relationship begins to crumble. Staring into each other’s eyes amidst the winter chill, they realize that their mutual affection has outgrown the labels they’ve clung to. In the parking lot, as the cold wind bites, a brief touch of their fingertips speaks volumes more than any words could. This accidental meeting forces them to confront the undeniable truth: they are no longer just housemates, but two people irrevocably falling for each other, caught in the threshold of a new, unspoken reality.