Eighteen year old Kunio has just run away from his abusive mother, and he's in search of a new home, and a fresh start. He's armed with nothing but his dreams of being a successful artist, and his vivid imagination. He thinks of his new adult self as a tengu; strong, proud, and capable of things his child self could only dream of.

Nathaniel seems to have it all; he's gorgeous, he lives in a beautiful apartment in the centre of Newcastle, and he's the owner and founder of Black Rose, a Victorian gothic online boutique. Kunio thinks of him as an angel; he's faultlessly polite and kind, and he goes above and beyond to help him, even though he doesn't know him. Nathaniel is also painfully insecure, and he lives under the thumb of his toxic 'best friend', Theo.

When Nathaniel takes Kunio in, the two form a close friendship, which slowly blossoms into love. Can the two of them learn to put their pasts behind, and make their relationship work?