Forty-year-old Asami (fake name) has been divorced once and has no children. Running an apartment building, she spends more and more time alone. She married a trading company employee of the same age, starting married life at age twenty-seven. However, her husband was frequently away on long business trips, and over ten years of marriage, they spent very little time together. Suffering from loneliness, one night she experienced an incident that ignited a spark in her emotional void. After parting ways with her husband, she has returned to her hometown, living alone while managing her apartment business. With few opportunities to meet people in the countryside, she fears losing her sense of fulfillment as a woman, and an inner restlessness grows stronger. This is a story depicting her inner turmoil, drawn into a one-night romance. Drunk on alcohol and emotion, as her body grows hot, she chooses to fall in love once again.