Akari has wanted to be a novelist ever since she can remember. However, after receiving a severe beating from a fellow novelist during her school days, she broke her brush and turned away from novels. Still, Akari was going through a rough patch when she was reminded once again of the dream she had given up on, when a young man, a photographer, took a picture of her without her permission. Then he shows up at Akari's workplace and asks her to go out with him.