The narrator explains that he took the bullet train because he wanted to tell Hiroshi about his love for Kishida. The narrator says that he didn't want to tell anyone about it, because he was afraid that they would think he was getting married. He tells the narrator that Kishida will take the second bullet train after the first one, and that he has time to kill before she arrives. He wants to visit the town where Kishida grew up, and he asks the narrator to take care of her. He says that his reason for wanting to marry Kishida was love, but that he's had to face the fact that he can't be with him forever.