Good news: At last, I've found the moonlight of my youth, the one I glimpsed so briefly.
Bad news: He doesn't remember me at all, and insists on acting out a stand-in romance.
Tia, the little prince of the art world, has been both excited and troubled lately.
His long-adored moonlight agreed to date him. Sure, his moonlight has ulterior motives, a fake identity, no memory of him, and mistakenly thinks Tia is treating him as a stand-in. But Tia is finally dating Rai!
It's fine. If Rai likes the stand-in story, Tia will play along. There'll be a chance to explain the truth eventually, the little prince reassured himself.
Now that there's a stand-in, the most urgent thing is to find someone to play the so-called moonlight.
Now the whole world knows he's pining for someone he can't have, and has started looking for a stand-in to fill the void. Under the weight of his friends' advice and pitying looks, he really can't keep this act up any longer. Sob...
Scotland, dragged away from the rooftop: So I'm your moonlight now, and I'm supposed to humiliate, uh, bully Rai, so you'll realize Rai is your true love?
Tia: Exactly! I've got it all planned out!
Unfortunately, before Tia could even start the plotline where his moonlight returns to the country, he learned that Rai had defected.
That night, he cried until he was hiccupping.
Someone tried to comfort the little prince: Are you upset because he abandoned you?
Tia: Sob, sob. So his real name is Akai Shuichi. What a lovely name.
The next time Tia heard news of Akai Shuichi, it was his death notice.
So the heartbroken, drunken Tia was taken home by a kind pink-haired passerby.
Akai Shuichi felt conflicted: He was only supposed to be a stand-in, but it seems he's really fallen in love with me.
By the time Tia finally uncovered the truth from Okiya Subaru's vague hints, someone had already started spreading a rumor before they could get back together: Have you heard? That person's moonlight is coming back to Japan.
Tia: ...Oh no, I forgot to tell Hiromitsu the script was canceled!
Akai Shuichi said coolly: It's fine. We'll meet sooner or later.
He really did want to meet this moonlight and see what made him so charming... Hm? Isn't that Scotland?
That night, Akai Shuichi tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Finally, he sent a text: What exactly do Scotland and I have in common?
Tia: Aaaaaah, if I say you look alike, then you look alike!
Theme: True love conquers all
