2. Cul-de-sac

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

3. What Is Love?

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

4. As the River Flows, Shinako Returns Home

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.

5. The Man Named Minato

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

6. The Woman Named Yuzuhara

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

7. Premonition of a Couple

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

8. Innocent Blue

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

9. Christmas Carol

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

10. A New Year of Beginnings

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

11. A Spring Storm

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

12. The Long Way

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