Hajime entered a boarding school around the time his father remarried. Despite the distance, he remained close to his stepmother Meguri and quietly carried feelings of admiration for her. On graduation day, with his school years finally over and Hajime now an adult, Meguri comes smiling toward him from across the street. As if she can see the feelings he has kept buried, she softly kisses him and calls it his graduation present from his stepmother. That day, the adult stepson takes another step into adulthood.