when i was 8 years old, my father remarried. my new mother, ruka-san, was kind and beautiful, and she treated me, who wasn't her real child, with great care. i loved ruka-san so much that i foolishly thought i would marry her someday. but after realizing that such a thing would never happen, i distanced myself from her and left home. after continuing to pine for my first love for 20 years, i didn't even make a girlfriend, and i still had lingering feelings for ruka-san. then, i received a call from ruka-san saying that my father had collapsed...
