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Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their unremarkable lives.

Go Young, a gay Korean man, lives with Choi Mi-ae, a straight woman. Through Mi-ae's eyes, Go Young embarks on a journey of personal growth. He struggles with his relationship with his mother, who's in denial about his sexual orientation, and is forced to part ways with his lover Gyu-ho due to societal pressure. Recovering from his breakup, Go Young takes a trip to Thailand with a stranger, and manages to learn more about himself in the process.

In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another.

Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.