I lost my father at an early age and live with my mother (Maki) in Niigata. Since this spring, I have been getting help with my studies from a private tutor, Mr. Sugiura, in order to enter the same university as my father. He is smart, tall, and a handsome college student...I admire him, but when he talks about my mother, his attitude changes suddenly, and his eyes look like he is looking at a prey, which scares me. He is a dangerous presence to me, who thinks of my mother as a woman. Then, on a day off from my private tutoring job, I witnessed my mother and Mr. Sugiura straightening their messy clothes...