The narrator returns to his hometown with childhood friend Tomifumi and arranges to stay at his friend's family home. A hotel would have been easy, but he has long had feelings for Tomifumi's mother, Maki, and the chance to live beside her for several days feels like a dream. She treats him with the same warmth as always and even drinks with him. Then she says she feels lonely at night and suggests that all three share a bed, leaving him asleep right beside the woman he desires.