Natsuki Hashiba is a hopeless romantic who falls hard for Anna Kobayakawa after she hands him a pack of tissues while he is crying over a breakup at Christmas. Back at school, his three closest friends pile in to help and to heckle: the self-absorbed flirt Tomoya Matsunaga, the mild-looking Keiichi Katakura with a cruel streak, and the anime-obsessed Tsuyoshi Naoe. The four club-less boys spend their days trading jabs and chasing crushes while Natsuki works up the nerve to get closer to Anna.