After graduating high school, Moriko Morioka, a thirty-year-old woman, finds herself unemployed for the first time in her life, a situation she welcomes with immense joy. Having resigned from a position she held for over eleven years, she fills her newfound abundance of free time with online gaming, creating a charismatic male avatar named Hayashi within the MMO Fruits de Mer. Freed from the burdens of real-world social duties, Moriko immerses herself completely in the game, where she quickly befriends Lily, a gentle and cute healer. The two form a close bond almost immediately, becoming inseparable as Moriko grows increasingly absorbed in her virtual identity as Hayashi. She ultimately embraces a reclusive existence, leaving her apartment only when strictly required.
Unbeknownst to Moriko, Yuuta Sakurai, a shy twenty-eight-year-old office worker, is also playing Fruits de Mer from across the city. When they coincidentally meet at a convenience store one evening, both dismiss the encounter as merely another awkward interaction with a stranger, unaware that fate has plans to bring them closer together.