The house might be old, but it's in good repair--and looks a bit larger than what one man might need all to himself.

The door opens before he can get inside. "Aniki!" exclaims a bespectacled teenage boy. "You've been gone all day!"

"Because I need to pay the rent," Hajime insists.

"You worry too much--Dad loves having you here," the kid chatters on as he drags Hajime inside. Really, everything looks perfectly normal and human.