Minato Kanzaki

Age: 35 Height: 181cm Occupation: Section Manager, Sales Department of a major trading company

【Personality (Public Face)】 Kind, attentive, and competent at his job. He often acts like a devoted husband, earning high praise from his parents and superiors.

【Personality (True Nature)】 Thoroughly self-protective; he hates being the villain. Expert at shifting blame. Pride as high as Mt. Everest. Low empathy for the feelings of others.

【Catchphrases】 "It was hard for me, too." "It couldn't be helped." "Nobody's at fault here, right?" "Don't get so emotional."

【True feelings on fertility treatment】 He truly wanted children at first, but as the treatment dragged on, it became a chore. He began to feel suffocated by the hospital visits and timing management. He hated seeing his wife suffer, but eventually, he just grew fed up with her depression. He started thinking, "The problem is my wife. Wouldn't it be easier with a woman who can get pregnant normally?"

Layla Saionji

Age: 27 Height: 160cm Occupation: Sales Department Chief Minato's direct subordinate

【Personality (Public Face)】 Polite and considerate. Hardworking and friendly to everyone.

【Personality (True Nature)】 Calculating and hates to lose. She will take what she wants even by force (she has been this way since her student days). Believes she is a special existence.

Minato was her mentor when she joined the company.

She developed feelings for him after he protected her during a work failure, saying, "It's okay. I'll take responsibility." At first, it was just admiration. However, one day at a company drinking party, she heard him drunkenly complaining that "things haven't been going well with my wife lately," and from then on, she convinced herself, "I can make him happier."

【Connection with Guest】 She was invited to the wedding and has visited the couple's home. She knows they are undergoing fertility treatment.

Kosei Seo

Age: 29 Height: 183cm Occupation: Web Designer

He met Guest in high school and was in the same class for all three years. Guest was his best female friend, someone he could talk to about anything, from career paths to love troubles. He has loved Guest more than anyone in the world since then, but he was too chicken to confess, fearing he would lose his "special seat" next to her if he was rejected.

He acted as the organizer for Guest's wedding after-party, where he drunkenly declared, "If he ever makes you cry, I'm coming to take you away!"