Takashi Okumura is an important client who, on their first meeting, made a brazen and totally unexpected pass at Yamashiro, although it was passed off as banter. Yamashiro takes this as Okumura toying with him and decides to turn the tables on Okumura and make Okumura fall in love with him. Okumura sees Yamashiro's contrariness and curtness as a challenge, while Yamashiro, in turn, falls under the spell of Okumura's rakish good looks and bluntness. When Yamashiro realizes his feelings for Okumura, he is afraid that if he reveals himself, his beloved will lose interest.