The narrator introduces himself as a colleague of his at work. He tells us that he is in love with his co-worker's boyfriend. The two of them are having dinner together, and the narrator is impressed by the food they are eating. He is also impressed by how quiet the two men seem. The narrator tells the story of how his son, shintarou, was introduced to him by his father, who was the owner of a confectionary shop in the town of Akishima. The son is now a proper man, but the narrator wishes that he could stay by the son's side, as he is wasted on the son.