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Utsugi is an investigator working for a detective agency. When he's asked to track the wife of a college professor, Yamashiro, he discovers that she's cheating on him with another professor from the same university named Okuzono Shuji. But this isn't the first time it's happened. Okuzono has stolen away the women Yamashiro loves countless times before. These intellectuals are embroiled in a twisted and convoluted relationship, and now this young investigator finds himself thrown into the mix.

He’s always been by my side, and that was as natural as breathing to me. I’ve never imagined otherwise. Even from now on…

As Kenta Fukunaga lies bleeding in the rain, all he can think about is the past. In order to cover up the secret love he had for his best friend, Keisuke, he lied and claimed to be in love with Keisuke's girlfriend, Runa. As the years passed, a delicate peace exists between the three. But delicate things can be broken so easily..

Living in a house of constant fights, An has learned to drown his feelings in the water. He has never felt love, and doesn't desire it - people call him cold. Usami, the illegitimate son of a wealthy business man, is a player who dumps his girlfriends when they fall in love with him. He doesn't deserve to be loved... How can they love him, when he doesn't love himself? Will the fish be caught by the lonely net, or will each sink to the bottom weighed down by unrequited feelings?

Yamato runs a detective agency that will use any means to get the job done, no matter how unconventional. His three misfit employees are more than his teammates, they're his family too.