Years after making up with each other and graduating high school, Tristan Timber Wolf and Joey Jackrabbit move into their very first place together as a couple, a nice sized apartment flat. Tristan is on his way to becoming a professional football player and Joey is studying to become a physics professor. However, Joey's spinal cancer has started having more serious effects on his body, causing him to become weaker in his lower body, as well as have seizures more often. Tristan is worried.