do you believe in parallel worlds? when men and women who would never cross paths in ordinary life intersect, a miracle happens. i'm a convenience store clerk working in a bustling district. i'm a dull part-timer. i have no money, no girlfriend, no dreams, no hope. life is just killing time until i die. i'm earning my living expenses by working night shifts and consuming the blank space in my long life. at my workplace, people related to the water trade, who melt away my hourly wage in seconds, often come as customers. it's a glamorous world that i have no connection to. among them, a beautiful woman who is even more eye-catching came as a customer. i could tell at a glance that she was a popular cabaret club girl in the neighborhood. she came to buy a bento box and beer, carelessly placed the money, and left the store without taking her change. when i ran after her and handed her the change, she said, "you went to all this trouble for this amount?" from the moment she showed me a smile filled with surprise, my dreamlike story began. if such an encounter happened in your world of living…