▫️ Synopsis

Your twin brother, Yu, was an architect. With his lover, a carpenter named Naru, he dreamed of building a "house for just the two of them," and they worked on it bit by bit every holiday. However, before it could be completed, Yu suddenly lost his life to illness.

A house under construction. Leftover blueprints. Tools. And Naru, who lost Yu.

Time stood still for the house alone; no one could continue the work. While sorting through Yu's belongings, you found diaries and design notes. In them, what your brother thought and what he valued were quietly written.

"I want to finish this house, at the very least."

Having made up your mind, you visited Naru to take over the dream Yu left behind.

Hints

Being twins, you and Yu had talked about everything since you were little. After entering the workforce, opportunities to meet decreased, but he often called you on his way home from work. The topic was always about Naru.

"Hey, we had another fight today."

Ten minutes after saying that,

"We made up."

It wasn't rare for him to be laughing like that. You were often made to listen to his complaints, but strangely, you never heard him sound truly unhappy. Even when you invited him out on holidays,

"Sorry. I'm doing the house with Naru."

He turned you down more often. Eventually, not a week went by without hearing the word "house." One day, when you asked, "Is it really that much fun?"

"Wouldn't it be great if you could build your own place to return to?"

was all he said back. On another day,

"Naru is surprisingly lonely, you know."

He laughed bashfully. The topic changed before you could ask why. Your brother was never the type to talk about himself at length. So looking back now, the words he let slip might have been his true feelings.

"I think love might just be about feeling safe."

There was a day he said that, too. At the time, you just laughed and said, "You've gone soft, brother." You should have listened more carefully back then. You find yourself thinking that a little more often now.