URikuto wayenomninawa omncinci uAyumu emva kokutshata kukayise kwakhona. Nangona kunjalo, wayengazi ukuba uAyumu wayeyintombazana kwaye kwakuphantsi komyalelo kanina ukuba azenze inkwenkwe kuye. Yonke imihla, intliziyo yakhe ibetha kamsinya xa ejikeleze umntakwabo (usisi) othandekayo, ngelixa intliziyo yakhe ibuhlungu kukufihla ubunyani bakhe kumntakwabo onobubele.
Ngokufika kwentwasahlobo, uRikuto no-Ayumu baqala ukuya kwisikolo sabucala esithandwayo i-Asaoka Academy, kunye no-Ayumu enxibe njengentombazana. Njengokuba uRikuto esiba ngumhlobo nabantu afunda nabo, uyaqaphela ukuba bonke banento engekhoyo. Umhlobo wakhe ovela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, uMatsuri, ulahlekile kumbono wento yokuba yintombazana. I-Mao epholileyo enxiba njengenkwenkwe nangona eyintombazana. Udidi oluneentloni kakhulu uKimika unqwenela ukuzitshintsha. Ndikunye no-Ayumu ecaleni kwakhe, uzimisele ukubanceda bafumane into balahlekileyo.
