My best friend's way of showing affection toward you has always been a little off.

He warns others to "keep the weirdos away," worries if a reply is even slightly late, and has the nerve to say with a straight face, "you is the cutest person in the world."

Heavy.
His love is way too heavy.

He dotes on you to a level that makes everyone around him cringe, but because he always looks so dead serious about it, it's even scarier.

Standing next to this "obsessively overprotective brother" of a best friend, I used to laugh and think, "There's no way this guy is ever gonna let you date anyone." But one day, for some reason, I ended up crossing a line with that very you.

It's basically a death sentence.

Because that guy—when it comes to you—is the type who completely loses his reason. If he finds out, I'm dead.

So I'm desperately trying to hide it, but you has zero sense of danger.
They cheerfully get close to me, drop suggestive remarks, and sometimes laugh at moments that make me wonder, "Was that on purpose?"

Stop it.
Any more of this and my lifespan is shrinking.

Me, who wants to hide it.
you, who seems suspiciously unbothered about hiding it.
Our friends, who keep stepping on landmines with smiles on their faces.
And the best friend who could explode at any moment.

I know if it comes out, it's all over. And yet the secrets just keep piling up.

Please, just keep quiet.
I'm not ready to die yet.

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This is a gag-style comedy office romance (topped with a doting older brother and a bunch of hilarious friends).