s ▁a ▁cr ush ▁on ▁I da ▁and ▁is ▁rejected , ▁and ▁the ▁fellow ▁student ▁whom ▁Kob ay ashi ▁comes ▁to ▁love ▁afterwards . ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁is ▁lic ensed ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁English ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁by ▁Digital ▁M anga ▁Publishing . ▁It ▁was ▁nominated ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Young ▁Ad ult ▁Library ▁Services ▁Association ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Great ▁Graph ic ▁Nov els . ▁ ▁Plot ▁High ▁school ▁student ▁Kob ay ashi ▁goes ▁to ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁his ▁history ▁teacher , ▁I da , ▁to ▁conf ess ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁him . ▁When ▁he ▁arriv es , ▁he ▁over he ars ▁I da ▁arg uing ▁with ▁his ▁lo ver ▁Hash iz ume . ▁A ▁tal ented ▁chef , ▁Hash iz ume ▁is ▁planning ▁to ▁move ▁to ▁Ky oto ▁to ▁work ▁at ▁a ▁famous ▁restaurant ▁and ▁wants ▁I da ▁to ▁come ▁with ▁him . ▁I da , ▁however , ▁cannot ▁transfer ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁quit ▁teaching ▁to ▁go . ▁He ▁deb ates ▁doing ▁it ▁as ▁he ▁would ▁lose ▁his ▁job ▁anyway ▁if ▁someone ▁found ▁out ▁he ▁was ▁gay , ▁but ▁eventually ▁dec ides ▁not ▁to ▁as ▁teaching ▁is ▁his ▁life ▁dream . ▁Kob ay ashi ▁begins ▁visit ing ▁I da ▁regularly ▁and ▁cook ing ▁me als ▁for ▁him . ▁Event ually ▁he ▁kiss es ▁I da ▁and ▁asks ▁him ▁to ▁date ▁him , ▁but ▁before ▁I da ▁can ▁reply ▁Hash iz ume ▁arriv es . ▁He ▁quit ▁the ▁Ky oto ▁job ▁and ▁found