Hikaru accidentally catches a coworker shoplifting and listens as the woman excitedly describes the thrill, slowly becoming fascinated herself. Later she is accused despite insisting she remembers stealing nothing, and begins to wonder whether she did it unconsciously. While she stands stunned, she is raped in the back room and warned that another offense will have to be repaid with her body. Though she was violated—and knows it could happen again—she cannot understand why she keeps returning.