STILL IMMATURE

During her childhood, Chiaki experienced the devastating sting of rejection when Haya, her first love, pushed her away. As she transitioned into adulthood, the lingering trauma of that moment continued to haunt her. She spent years agonizing over what she might have done wrong, yet her relentless search for answers yielded nothing but emotional pain. The heartbreak left a permanent mark on her romantic life; despite physical encounters with various men, she remained entirely incapable of opening her heart to anyone else. Seeking independence and a way to escape the suffocating presence of her duplicitous stepmother, Chiaki took a job working at a hostess club. She viewed the position as a necessary means of survival and a chance to finally distance herself from a toxic home environment. However, her carefully constructed routine is abruptly disrupted when fate intervenes in an unexpected way. One evening, Haya walks through the doors of the club—no longer the boy who once rejected her, but a fully grown man. His sudden reappearance forces Chiaki to confront the unresolved wounds of her past just as she was trying to build a future free from its shadows.