Nagisa Furuya

From the creator of My Summer of You comes a new high school romance about the power of numbers, and how the number 8 draws two young men together—the author’s Japanese debut, now available for the first time in English! High schooler Eighto Tachibana has always hated his name, including all of the jokes and puns about the number 8 that have come along with it. It's as if the number has haunted him like a ghost ever since he was a child. One day, he meets a classmate named Tomoya Hatta, aka Hachi—the Japanese word for "8." What begins as casual greetings and small talk in the hallway soon becomes something much deeper, and Eighto realizes that it's more than just a similar nickname that draws him to Hachi. Could the number that Eighto resented for so long finally bring him something he'll love—and is that someone Hachi?

From the creator of My Summer of You comes a high school romance about two friends who've always been in the same class, but when a new school year separates them, they realize that their feelings for each other might run deeper than friendship… From their first year of middle school to their second year of high school, Kai and Ren have not only always been in the same class-they've also always sat next to each other. But in their last year of high school, the boys are assigned to two separate classes, and with each passing day, Kai feels as if he's slipping further and further away from Ren… One day, when Kai finds Ren sleeping in a classroom after school, he whispers the feelings that he can't bring himself to say out loud… and Ren hears him. Will Kai's confession draw them further and further apart, or will it be the spark that brings them back to each other once more?