The curtain rises on Sarasa Watanabe, a starry-eyed 5'10 student who hopes to perform as a male lead role in the all-female Kouka Acting Troupe; he forms a friendship with her new roommate, a former idol.

Ai confronts an overly pushy Sarasa; a traumatic experience in Ai's past leads to her cold disposition.

Ai runs off, leaving Sarasa with the stalker; Sarasa decides to hear out his side of the story; an argument threatens to end any hope of friendship between Ai and Sarasa.