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.

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

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

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