The series implies that Takano and Onodera hadn't met until Onodera went to Marukawa. That's unlikely, as Onodera needed to move in, and Takano was likely in and out of his apartment all of the time. A take on a mellower relationship.

Abeyance - Because it was him - a state of inactivity, of cessation, of suspension, that would soon come to its own end. There is some truth to the saying of lived, loved, and lost. Because… what if … what if he… hell, what if he hadn't made a difference.