The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide his alienation. He feels incapable of belonging to the human society, especially so by society's refusal to take him seriously. He then follows a descent into alcohol, drugs, & suicide ...

第一次，我喝酒喝得如此失态。
悠悠醒来时，枕头边坐着常子。我躺在那位于本所工匠店二楼的房间里。
“财尽情亦绝，你说这句话时我还以为是开玩笑，你是认真的？难怪你都不来找我了。管它什么复杂的恩断义绝，我赚钱给你也不行吗？”
“不行。”
然后，她也躺下了，两人一夜未眠。
（收录《樱桃》）