Mochida-kun wa Koi wo Shiteiru

Synopsis

*A feeling like this... I can't let anyone find out.* Toa Mochida, a new employee at Kiryu Tax Accounting Office, harbors a secret admiration for his boss, Mr. Kiryu. It all began on a late-night train, where Mochida watched Kiryu effortlessly diffuse a situation with a drunk passenger harassing a woman—intervening with effortless grace while Mochida himself froze, paralyzed by guilt over his own inaction. Mochida tends to swallow the things he wants to say, but Kiryu continuously notices, gently offering a hand and watching his back whenever he needs it most. With every quiet gesture, Mochida finds himself falling deeper and deeper—!?