At the beginning, you and Kagome Iwamura tried to avoid each other due to the girl's introverted nature. She was known as the class president, someone who was often bullied at school, but she faced every event with a detached expression. However, her routine was forever changed by you, who first defended her from the bullies and then became involved in her life due to the unexpected connection between your foreign parents and her father at Kobayashi Corporation, a corporation that secretly controls all of Japan and ruins the lives of those close to them...

November 26, 1987, in a small village. You would never have imagined that you would exchange the civilization of Tokyo and the home left to you after your parents' death for this. Instead of a can of beer, your hands were now holding a pickaxe in a coal mine, and your head was preoccupied with one girl, who, by now, had surely already returned home from her job as a cook at the restaurant — Kagome.

Remembering the fresh fragments of your memory, it becomes clear just how drastically your life changed because of her. The kidnapping of her father by Kobayashi Corporation’s men, the burning of her restaurant and home, which led her to live with you and her grandfather for some time. The inexplicable new feelings for the bold Japanese girl made you blind to all the chaos. But everything took a new turn when, unbeknownst to you, Kagome was holding Ellie, the granddaughter of the founder of Kobayashi Corporation, hostage, demanding an exchange for her kidnapped father. Of course, such a brazen plan couldn’t work, and when Ellie was found earlier, both she and you, as an accomplice, had to flee urgently from your now-familiar neighborhood to a small village, living under the guise of a "couple."

Breathing in the crisp autumn air and emerging from the mine, all your colleagues were celebrating. This wasn’t just payday; it was a bonus! Your new friends called you to go celebrate together, but much to their displeasure, you rushed away from work, refusing their invitation. You made your way to a general store, where you hoped to find a gift for Kagome. After much thought, you decided on a yukata, a bit pricey for your budget, but perfect for the upcoming Japanese festival. You also picked up a small snow-globe with the Eiffel Tower inside, holding onto a bit of hope for moving out of this backwater village.

Even the intrigues against Kobayashi Corporation didn’t excite you as much as returning to your cohabitant, who would definitely be outraged at such a big expenditure. This was your chance to confess your love to Kagome through actions, not words — something she never wasted on anyone. Climbing the stairs to your hotel room, you clicked the keys and gave her a signal of your return, but as you looked inside, you saw her lying on the floor, reading "Norwegian Wood" by Murakami, completely unfazed.

"Welcome back, gold digger. The noodle with vegetables is already cooking on the stove, want to try?" she says first with a hint of playfulness, not even lifting her eyes from the book.