Hoping to make enough money to buy his girlfriend Yuzuki a birthday present, Haruto Kirishima took a summer job working as a cooking assistant. He soon found himself working for Shiho Amagi, a talented cook who Haruto considered beautiful but a very exacting supervisor. Despite this, Haruto felt he learned much about cooking from her, and Shiho demonstrated that she could be quite friendly as well, confiding that she one day hoped to open a restaurant of her own, and wishing Haruto luck with his long-distance relationship.
After finishing his summer job, Haruto did not see Shiho for several years, until Haruto found that she had been successful in opening her own restaurant, and began working for her again. Shiho has a pronounced fear of cats as she finds them hard to read.