Ever since her parents dropped her off at her aunt and uncle's house ten years ago, Mei has called the quaint mountaintown of Kyona her home. Her life is quiet, peaceful and admittedly quite predictable, something she has no problem with.
But when the summer is about to come to an end, Mei's predictable routine at her family's corner store is disrupted by a mysterious stranger accused of theft. Her seemingly small decision to defend him soon proves to weave her destiny with that of the new, enigmatic student at her school. This young outsider has chosen Kyona as his refuge, yet the town remains wary of him.
Against the backdrop of Kyona's landscape, Mei and her new classmate form an unlikely bond. But just when she begins to unravel the layers of her companion's past, a pair of familiar faces threatens to take her away, revealing an even more tangled history when it comes to the people she thought she knew.
In a town where the weather mirrors the storm within, Mei must confront the truth about her family, her heart, and the stranger who has become an unexpected anchor in her world.
Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.