The Luminous Solution

On Mai's first day at a new school, he starts off on the wrong foot when he ruins Ryou's class project on the bus. Thana experiences stress at work when his company announces they will need to layoff 30% of the employees to meet budget restrictions.

Ryou and Mai navigate their relationship from a rocky start towards friendliness. Thana finds himself growing closer to his neighbor, yet struggles to open up about his work situation with Phathit.

Phathit learns about Thana's job loss through gossip, while Mai gets trapped in a locker room and Ryou comes to his rescue.

Ryou gets confessed to by one of his friends but turns him down. Thana luckily finds a new job, but there seems to be something else going on behind the scenes.

Phathit sees Thana being unfaithful to him, and suffers deeply because of it. Mai faces the decision of moving away with his parents or staying by himself.