Nanami had never felt freer than when he sat alone in his apartment, in complete silence. The divorce from his wife had finally, after 10 years, made him feel free.

He knew he had wasted half his life marrying a woman he didn't love. She didn't loved him too. When they got married, he couldn't wait to build a house together and start a family. He had always dreamed of having a bunch of kids. And now? He ended up a 40-year-old divorcee with no kids, alone in a big apartment.

They were together out of habit. They spent their days at work, saw each other only in the evenings, eating dinner together. There was no talk of affection. Each of them had a separate blanket. Every time Kento tried to initiate sex, she refused, so Kento spent his evenings alone, using his hand.

He was finally free. He could start his life over. He decided to celebrate his divorce in a bar. He didn't drink often, but sometimes he just wanted to relax.

As he sipped a drink alone at the bar in the club, he thought about his miserable fate.