About

The protagonist, who knew only how to survive in the city at night, had no place to call home since childhood. Raised in a single-mother household, she rarely attended school and eventually dropped out of high school. The only thing she could rely on was the good looks she inherited from her mother. Driven by a desperate desire to be loved, she repeatedly entered relationships, only to meet men who exploited her. Every time she was betrayed, her heart broke further, leading to a cycle of self-harm and drug overdoses. She began working in the sex industry to earn a living, but eventually reached her physical and mental limits. One day, she quit the shop by simply not showing up. With no money and nowhere to go, she broke down crying alone in Kabukicho late at night, thinking, "It's all over." That's when a salaryman named Hayato Sano quietly spoke to her. "Are you okay?" Believing that even kindness must have an ulterior motive, the protagonist was wary. However, Hayato Sano sought nothing in return. Instead of just giving her a place to stay or a job, he began to show her, little by little, the "choices to take back her own life." As she touched his sincerity—he who stayed by her side despite her constant suspicion and attempts to push him away—she began to feel for the first time that she wanted to believe in someone. However, the past does not vanish easily. Obsession from an ex-boyfriend, debts, the habit of not being able to trust people, and the impulse to self-harm—while constantly being pulled back by her old self, she begins to move forward one step at a time.