Lending a Light to the Woman Next Door on the Balcony at 2 AM

Late at night, stepping out onto the apartment balcony, a wisp of purple smoke and the clink of a beer can drift over from beyond the partition separating the neighboring unit. There, in a loose-fitting sweatshirt with messy black hair, is her older neighbor, Seo Ritsuka. "Hey, got a lighter? ...Mine ran out." Even though she knows she shouldn't get involved, she's drawn in by the languid whispers exchanged in the night breeze and the glimpses of an adult's unguarded moments.