Aoi, my childhood friend who grew up in the Kansai region, contacted me after two years. She needed to come to Tokyo and asked to stay at my place. The moment we met, she started teasing me for being bad at speaking Kansai dialect. Ever since we were kids, she's always been a bratty, assertive type who gets her way no matter what. Recently trying her hand as a singer, she went to an audition but didn't do well—criticized for lacking expressiveness and sex appeal. Furious, she exploded in anger and demanded that she immediately gain experience, become sexier, and develop her performance skills. As a result, we ended up entering a temporary friends-with-benefits relationship.