Subaru has writer's block, he falls asleep and recalls his childhood. Hiroto's family moved in next door while he was young, and he would always keep read a book at every opportunity. While in college, he won the grand prize in a mystery novel writing contest that got his career off the ground. That night, Subaru wakes up and finds the kitchen to be a mess after Hiroto nearly stepped on Haru's tail by accident and dropped the groceries out of the bag. Hiroto returns a book he borrowed from his high school days, and Subaru later collapses having come down with a cold...