Hayakawa Rou is a student at the school where Morinome Shinako teaches. They seem to have some kind of shared history.

Rikuo catches a cold after standing in the rain with Haru. She invites him to the movies as a way of apologizing.

Hayakawa Rou is in love with Morinome Shinako, who hasn’t moved on from the late Hayakawa Yuu, Rou’s brother. She visits their home back in Kanazawa.

Minato Kouichi was a classmate of Morinome Haru, and a student of photography. They run into each other at Rikuo’s workplace.

Rikuo's old flame from school finds him and soon becomes his uninvited roommate. Later, Shinako and Haru meet her and misunderstand the situation.

Shinako and Rou get into a fight. Rikuo tries to help mend things, but the answers aren’t clear.

Shinako invites Rikuo over, but she chickens out, making a fragile friendship even more tenuous.

Rikuo’s friends want to invite him and Shinako over for Christmas. Rou has plans of his own.

Shinako calls off going back to Kanazawa for the new year. She and Rikuo make plans to spend it together.

A burglar breaks into Haru’s place. Rikuo gives her company for the night after.

Rikuo notices that something isn’t quite right between him and Shinako. Meanwhile, Haru suffers.