A boy sneaking past nurses to escape a hospital room meets a girl trapped in one, and suddenly both of them have a reason to stay. The romance builds in stolen moments and quiet conversations, never rushing, never trying to manipulate you into tears. By episode three you understand why this matters, and by the end you realize the show already told you exactly how it would break your heart.

Yuuichi is stuck in a hospital bed, recovering from hepatitis A and going slowly insane from boredom. His solution: sneak out constantly, face the wrath of his strict nurse Akiko, repeat. Everything changes when he meets Rika, a girl his age staying in the wing for seriously ill patients. Her beauty captivates him at once, though her personality is another story entirely. Selfish, moody and bossy, she leads him around by the nose, but he keeps being drawn to her anyway. As they spend more time together, they grow closer and share the everyday joys and troubles of a young romance. Hanging over it all is Rika's condition, which may not leave her much longer to live. The result is a short romantic drama with comic touches, where their time together is shadowed by the prospect of loss.