However, later he falls in love with Ochiba no miya, his best friend Kashiwagi's widow, and Kumoi no Kari, getting mad at him, moves from his residence. ('Yugiri' (Evening Mist))
しかし、後に親友柏木の未亡人の落葉の宮に執心するようになり、怒った雲居の雁に別居されるという騒動を起こす（「夕霧」）。