Shiori’s husband decides not to attend a workshop they were supposed to join together. Shiori asks Junnosuke, a fill-in introduced by Shiori’s colleague, to join the workshop as her acting husband. Satisfied with Junnosuke, Shiori secretly rents an apartment and begins a pseudo-marital life with him.

Murata is a man who lives a makeshift, self-indulgent life. He manages to make ends meet by getting Chihiro, who has come to stay with him, to take on customers, but he has fallen behind on his rent and his landlord, Taeko, is forcing him to move out. Then, a couple moves into the apartment, forcing Murata into an unexpected sexual situation....

Young people pursuing their dreams live in the shared house Mebuki. A reclusive horror novel writer struggles with writing because of the extreme heat. She tries to devise a solution together with rather eccentric housemates.