Chapter 1:
Mostly an introduction to the characters. Ako is an honest and bit stand-offish girl. She dresses like a yankee but isn't trying to intimidate anyone. She is bad with people that get too close too quickly. Ako is disinterested and distant, isn't very friendly with anyone other than a couple people. Her best friend is Ramo Marusa. Ramo is called Maru-san by their classmates. Ako came up with that nickname. But when the other kids started to use it she stopped. She felt jealous of them. Ako likes Ramo romantically. She goes on to talk about how Ramo is a pretty girl that's also smart, sociable and intelligent. Ramo is also in the dance club and the student council committee. But she still has time to hang out with Ako. Ramo has bags under her eyes, Ako thinks they're from sleep deprivation.

Chapter 2:
Ako is invited to a tea party at Class D. Ako thinks they're super-lame judgmental girls, but she still goes because she was invited by Ramo. It's after school, so the class is empty other than the girls and a male student playing a videogame. The male student is short and small and has a boyish face. One of the D class girls invites the guy to sits close to them. Ramo starts talking to the guy and Ako feels jealous. One of the D class girls had brought a spicy super sauce. Everyone is afraid of trying it except for the guy, who eats it nonchalantly on a chip. Ako feels that it is a challenge and also eats it on a chip. Her face turns red and her tongue is on fire. She tries drinking tea but the tea is hot and makes everything worse. Ako goes running out of the classroom all the way to the water faucets (the water fountain was out of order). She tries to drink upside down and water comes out of her nose. Ako stars crying and she thinks that it's better for her to return home. However, she forgot her phone in the classroom. Ramo arrives with her phone and asks her if she is fine. Ako says that they should be dating, but Ramo replies that sure, if she can turn into a guy. Ako smiles melancholic and they return to the classroom together. The D class girls were worried about Ako.

Chapter 3:
Ako invites Ramo to Starbucks so they can do their physics homework, even if it's basically Ramo explaining things to Ako like a teacher. Ako says that they should go to Disney Sea together. After the school festival in October, their class will go to Disney Land. Ako already went to Disney Land. Ramo agrees, but she will need to clean up her schedule. Ramo stares at her schedule, having a hard time to find space. Ako feels a bit awkward, but they eventually agree on a date and she goes home feeling happy. Later that week, on Sunday, Ako is being lazy in her room. She is supposed to be studying but is fooling around on her phone. At school, she wears contacts, but she actually needs glasses so she is wearing them now. Her mom sends her to buy kitchen paper and a bag of ice at the Ultra 7 store. Ako complies and goes to the Ultra 7. Everything seems to be going fine until she sees Ramo on the other side of the street. She can't believe her eyes, not because it's Ramo but due to the circumstances. First, Ramo was with an older man that seemed to be the age of Ako's father. He was smaller than her. The man tried to grab Ramo's hands, and Ramo shakes him off. However, she doesn't leave and keeps talking with him. They leave heading towards the same direction. Ramo is also wearing a school uniform that Ako doesn't recognize. Besides, Ramo had told Ako that she was going to be busy with practice that day. Ako couldn't move and the ice bag that she was carrying melts.

Chapter 4:
Things are awkward the next day at school. Ako feels that Ramo is more distant than usual. During the literature class, Ramo falls asleep. That has never happened before. Ako wonders what the reason is and feels pain in her chest. As the day passes, Ako starts noticing that Ramo is doing more "non-Ramo-like" things, such as not taking notes in classes, getting scolded by upperclassmen and not answering requests from the student council. Ako wonders if she truly knows Ramo. In their next break period, Ako walks up to Ramo and pushes her head down. She thinks about how Ramo lied to her, skipped dance classes, was hanging out with an older man and wearing a uniform from a different school. Ramo says that it hurts and Ako stops, thinking to herself that she is the one hurting.

Chapter 5:
Ako avoids Ramo the next day. She starts thinking about many things, feeling depressed. She sees an advertisement for the Olympics. Where will she be in 2020? Where will Ramo be in 2020? She decides to leave school by the parking lot instead of the front entrance. She looks at the fields and saw students going to do do sports and other activities behind the fence, they look like zoo animals. There, she sees a boy that talks to Ramo about shogi. He seems to have trouble with his bike. The chain needs to be arranged. Ako stares at him, his hands are dirty with oil and probably needs help. The guy calls to her, Ako tries to ignore him. Why should she help him? What if she gets all dirty with oil herself. The guy calls to her again. Ako sighs and walks over to him. She helps him by holding the chain, his hands are dirtied with oil. They walk back to school to wash their hands. While walking, he asks if she is a friend of Maru. Ako is surprised he knows her name. She says that she and Ramo are part of a shogi group. "Maru-san has decided to live with her mom." He says. Ako is perplexed. The guy explains, Ramo's parents got divorced. She had been living with her father and his lover plus her daughter for the time being. She doesn't get along with her mother. However, she can't stand her father's lover anymore so she is going to stay with her mother. In the end, Ramo can't really deal with either parent so that's the reason she spends so much time at school or studying. Her money comes from working a long term part-time job. Ako wonders if Ramo has been using that money to accompany her to Starbucks or go to Disney Sea. "Ramo isn't that kind of person at all!" Ako replies to the revelations. The guy looks at her with a surprised expression. "You're the kind of person that judges people by appearances, aren't you?" Ako is shocked by his words.

Chapter 6:
The guy tells her to ask Maru-san about her job, thanks her and leaves. Ako starts walking back to the school. She realizes that she has been doing what she hates the most, labeling people based on how they look. Like the D class girls and the guy. And even her "beloved Ramo." Ako tries to wash her hands over and over again, but the oil just won't come out. She looks out of the window and sees Ramo through the windows of the next building. Desperately, Ako runs to meet her. When she gets there, she notices that Ramo is wearing her practice uniform. Long black shorts and a white shirt. "I forgot to give these notebook to the upperclassmen, so I came to get it from my locker." Ramo says, with a smile. Ako can barely even breathe, she grabs Ramo's hands tightly and drags her away. They walk all the way to the first floor, Ramo follows Ako without putting up any resistance. Ako is finally calming down, she lets go of Ramo and buys a cold drink. She drinks quickly. Ramo waits until she is done to ask what's going on. Hearing Ramo's voice, Ako feels like crying. "Ramo, I saw you near my house yesterday, wearing the uniform of a school I didn't recognize." She said. Ramo explains that it is her older sister's uniform and she borrowed it. She wears the uniform to not get in trouble with the school for working at a shogi cafe. In that kind of cafe, people go to play shogi with pretty girls. It's not a bad job, but it's not exactly normal. So Ramo decided to hide it. However, she shrugs and says she already quick that job because her father found out about it. Ako finally realizes that Ramo was actually a more rebellious girl than her. Finally, Ako comments "Your father is pretty short, isn't he?" Ramo laughs and replies "Yep, he's tiny." Ako also starts laughing.

Chapter 7:
It stars raining heavily, so they run to a nearby roof. Ramo skips her dance practice. Ramo tells Ako that they probably won't let her participate in the school festival like this. Ako asks Ramo why she joined the dance club. Ramo replies because she likes it. Ako smiles and says that Ramo is still Ramo, after all. Ramo wonders what she was talking about. "Ramo, it's fine if you don't want to go to Disney Sea." Ako says. "Eh? Why? We already said that we would go, Ako!" Ramo replies. Ako doesn't want to force Ramo to do something she doesn't want to do, but Ramo reassures her that she is looking forward to going with her. Ramo reaches out her hand forward to feel the rain. Ako stares and repeats to herself that Ramo is indeed beautiful. Ramo places her wet hand next to Ako and turns to face her, starting at Ako's eyes. "You know, those contacts really don't suit you." Ako notices that Ramo had also been paying attention to her, nobody at school knew that she wore contacts. Ako places her hand on Ramo's. The oil on Ako's fingertips and the rainwater in Ramos' mixes together.