After volume nine's jump to the future, We Were There returns again to the past. This volume follows Yano in his first year away from Nanami as seen through the eyes of a classmate, Sengenji. While things continue to decline for Yano's mother, Yano strives desperately to cling to his long-distance relationship with Nanami, even if this means shutting her out of everything he's going through. Meanwhile, Yamamoto enters the picture once again and Sengenji battles her own feelings for Yano.