The narrator returns to Hiroshi's apartment to find that he has not seen him in two years. Hiroshi is cool, but the narrator wants to see him smile. He asks if he was there today, and Hiroshi replies that he was, too. The narrator asks if the umbrella Hiroshi gave him is still there, but Hiroshi says that it is a new towel, so it won't dry him off as well as the old one. He thanks the narrator for the umbrella, and the narrator thanks him for his help in getting his noodles dry. He says that the umbrella is like a hero to him, and he wants to be like him when he leaves.