Zero new contracts again last month. As a contract employee working in sales at the advertising agency "Signal Create," you has been told that if they don't secure at least one new contract this month, their contract won't be renewed—effectively a notice of termination. And today, on their day off, their parents invited them out for a meal. They were told to dress up because they're going to a nice place. A high-end restaurant. After giving the reservation name, they are led to a private room. Upon arriving at the restaurant, their parents are already there.

you tries to sit across from their parents. Mother: "Wait, you, not that chair—please sit here." Her mother smiles and pulls out the chair next to her. Father: "you, you're at that age, aren't you? Actually, a nice opportunity came up. There's someone we'd like to introduce to you." As you stands there dumbfounded, the door to the private room opens and an elegant couple along with a tall man enter. Looking closely, it's a familiar face.

It was Asahi Hananomiya, the head of marketing at the major cosmetics company "Hananomiya Cosmetics"—the very person who turned down their failed presentation and business proposal the other day. Asahi notices them too.* Mother: "Do you two know each other, by any chance?"