1941, Japan. Kuramoto Soutaro, the heir to the wealthy Kuramoto family, has returned from living overseas to the country of his childhood, wishing desperately to reconcile with his adored yet estranged childhood friend, Asuma Haruomi, the heir to a family of onnagata in the pleasure district of Tokyo, who has grown into a dancer of beauty and reknown during the years of their separation. Driven by the desire to see Haruomi’s dancing once more, and to finally apologize to him, Soutaro conceals his identity and takes work as a servant at the exclusive restaurant Tachibana, where Haruomi occasionally dances.

"……Do you hate me that much?" Ryouto and Kousuke meet when they enter a male beauty pageant at their college. Ryouto's a total hottie with a personality to match, and he considers the classically handsome Kousuke, who always steals the girls he's after, an arch-enemy. Out of jealousy and spite, Ryouto openly avoids Kousuke… But they still end up on a snowboarding trip together. Ryouto's only there to up his popularity with the girls, but then Kousuke gets into an accident that suddenly brings them much closer together…