Hanabi, Mugi, Sanae, Moca, Narumi, Akane. Their intertwined fates have been cut, unraveled, and retied into a new thread. What is the wish that these emotionally clumsy people discover beyond their disturbed love?
Mugi is her student since her tutoring days. Narumi is her colleague she only became interested in after she discovered Hanabi's feelings for him. Both men have fallen for Akane, but she still feels unfulfilled.
Hanabi and her own weakness has hurt Sanae. Before leaving Karuizawa, the two of them make a promise to become friends again someday. The new semester begins, and despite telling Akane his feelings, Mugi is still letting her toy with him.
Hanabi and Mugi made a promise to see each other again after they confessed their feelings to their respective first loves, but Mugi never showed up. Not soon after, Hanabi accepts an invitation from Sanae to go on a trip to Karuizawa with her.
"I had sex with Mr. Kanai." Akane's bombshell lights a fire in Hanabi, and she vows to fight back. Meanwhile, she tries to go back to being friends with Sanae, but...
Hanabi is consumed by feelings of inferiority and loss as she blames herself for her own incapability after she sees Narumi confess his feelings to Akane. Meanwhile, Akane is irritated with Narumi for not making any moves after his confession until she hears something he says...
Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness. Will things stay like this for them forever?