After Tetsuo finally realizes that his best friend of 15 years, Michiro, loves him in "that way," he becomes hurt by the betrayal of friendship and his sudden arousal by Michiro's sexual ministrations, particularly with his skilled finger-work. Angry and confused, Tetsuo harshly spurns Mitsuro's love and goes to Momoyama, finding out the truth behind his impotence, and his role in a male-male relation.