A 25-year-old sober and self-possessed female high school teacher meets a 17-year-old lonely and precocious genius boy. A fateful throbbing at dusk in late spring begins the endless game of reason and passion. The two redeem each other's loneliness. They are shackled by their teacher-student status, worldly bottom line, and age gap. They abide by the bottom line throughout the school, be forbearing and restrained, and never cross the line. When the young man reaches adulthood, graduates, loses his status as a student, and returns across time and distance, he goes in both directions and breaks all the shackles, letting the secret heartbeat of the young man's fingertips finally melt completely.
Intention: The dusk of youth is fragile and the heartbeat is secret. After years of accumulation, all the short-lived beauty and forbearing tenderness will eventually transcend time, take root and be perfect year by year.