"You want me to wait for the rent to be paid?... Well then, in return..." Mayuko swallowed her frustration and gave herself to the landlord. This was the only way to protect her son Tatsuya from the misery of a single-parent household struggling to make ends meet. But Tatsuya could not bear to see his mother's unhappy face. Pushing the landlord aside, Tatsuya impulsively embraced Mayuko, and although confused, Mayuko accepted her child's love. "What perverts!" The landlord spat out, but the two ignored him and threw everything away, passionately seeking each other.