Hero creates an opportunity to stay at Poppy's house, displaying behavior that makes Poppy question whether they are friends or something more. Hero sticks close, overly protective, and nosy with issues of sexual education. However, the relationship shatters when they discover their parents are getting married, hurting both of them deeply.
Hero finds ways to make amends with Pop, including protecting him from a school bully.
“Hero,” the general’s son, had run away from home because his father was about to remarry and take in his stepson to live in the house. Then he met “Pop,” a poor boy and a classmate at school. Hero pretended to be poor in order to get close to Pop. But then he discovered that Pop was his stepmother’s son. Problems lined up to obstruct their path. Both of them have to use love to overcome class barriers and obstacles from those around them.