The scene opens with a soliloquy by Hiroyuki, in which he tells his wife that he will risk his life to protect her. He tells her that he loves her, and that she should not use her past as an excuse to break him up with her. She tells him that she is okay with who he is, but that she will not let him go even if he says no. She begs him to kiss her, but he refuses to do so, saying that they have done it many times before, and he has left a mark on her thigh