Two boys who had been in love when they were younger are reunited now that they are adults. One is a teacher, and the other a parent to one of his students. Stars are the prominent metaphor.
ETA 2021: This is still pretty, and I still enjoyed it, but it’s either something with this author or some thing about their writing that is lost in translation. Their works miss the emotional mark for me. A lot of introspection and not a lot of forward momentum.
Yozora no Sumikko de