Two young heirs of feuding noble houses fall deeply in love and marry in secret, but their passion sets off a chain of violent events: a street brawl leaves a friend dead, the other lover kills the aggressor and is banished, and a desperate plan to reunite the pair—relying on a feigned death—fails due to miscommunication. The lovers' subsequent suicides finally reconcile their warring families. The story explores fate versus choice, the intensity and impulsiveness of youthful love, and how entrenched hatred and rash actions can have tragic consequences.