人生は、コーヒーのように苦い。「ほどほど」をモットーに日々を過ごす高校生・渡静一郎は、とある事情から喫茶店に住み込みで働いている。波風立てないよう学生生活を送る静一郎であったが、下校中に同級生・菫野澄花が自分に好意を抱いていると知ってしまう。しかし静一郎には、澄花に応えるわけにはいかない事情があった。なぜなら――澄花は、住み込み先の喫茶店の一人娘――つまり同じ屋根で暮らす家族同然の相手だから。想いが静かに降り積もる、青春ラブストーリーの幕が上がる――。 Life is bitter, like coffee. Shizukazu Watari is a high school student who lives by the motto “take things in moderation” and works at a café where he also lives due to certain circumstances. Trying to avoid making waves at school, Shizukazu discovers one day that his classmate, Sumika Kikunono, seems to have feelings for him. However, there is a reason he cannot return her feelings: Sumika is the only daughter of the family who owns the café where he lives, making her practically family as they live under the same roof. A youth romance begins as their feelings quietly pile up like falling snow.
Chapter 4.1
