At host club Velvet Kiss, Juri—known professionally as Juliet—holds the number-one position with an unreadable calm that intrigues ambitious newcomer Akatsuki. Determined to overtake him, the number-two host studies Juliet closely in search of weaknesses and techniques he can use. Competition becomes attraction as Akatsuki discovers that understanding the man at the top may be far more personally dangerous than simply defeating him in the club rankings.