When Shiro and the others disappeared during the Kerberos mission, everyone was devastated. But none more than Estelle Rivera, Shiro's best friend since childhood. When an alien spacecraft suddenly enters earth's atmosphere, she somehow knows it has to be Shiro. She gets one of her other friends, Keith, to help her get him out. But something happens while they attempt to save him. And when he comes to, what kind of feelings will be there? Will they still be just friends? Were they ever truly just friends? Or were they just too afraid to admit how they felt?