Tomoya Ishida (Taisei Sakai), a newbie editor at a women’s fashion magazine, is suddenly put in charge of food researcher Ayumu Mitsuya(Masayoshi Yamazaki)’s column as the pinch hitter when his co-worker is hospitalized. Mitsuya is a popular celebrity who is in great demand for TV and magazine appearances, and Ishida feels a lot of pressure from his boss, who tells him not to mess up. Ishida nervously visits Mitsuya’s home, where Mitsuya invites him in with his kind Kansai dialect.
Mitsuya skillfully provides food to Ishida, who had forgotten to eat lunch. The meal completely captivates his stomach and heart, as he’s usually too busy to have a proper meal. Mitsuya says, “To me, food is like a good luck charm you have three times a day. For tomorrow to be another cheery day with good health.”
Since then, whenever Ishida would come to get Mitsuya’s monthly draft, he would eat Mitsuya’s food and then engage in conversation. They go from colleagues to friends. Ishida would sometimes ask for advice and depend on Mitsuya and, at some point, begins to have feelings that go beyond simple respect. Going past gender, he becomes attracted to this person as a human. Despite his bewilderment, his feelings for Mitsuya grow stronger.
Mitsuya enjoys spending time with Ishida as well, but Ishida could well be Mitsuya’s son with this age gap. Thus, he restrains himself and decides to never accept Ishida’s feelings.
And long ago, Mitsuya once experienced a difficult heartbreak...
Will their relationship ever come to fruition?