It's the eve of the new year in Japan, and the narrator has lost track of the time. He's happy to see Natsuo, who's been working hard on his new novel. He tells her that he's just got to support him in order to make sure that he can concentrate on his writing. He asks her to give him a "thorough introduciton" , which is basically a lecture on how to heal a tired body. She doesn't know if it's soba time or not, but she's going to give it to her mom and dad. The narrator says he'll go home and give them his wishes for the New Year. He says that he feels "worn out" just looking around the place, and he hopes that he won't get a cold. He also says that the new novel is the first visit of the Japanese new year, so he'd like to show them the "togeth" . The first wish is for someone to help him. The second wish is that someone will help him with his romantic dreams. It'll come true, the narrator says, but there's "nothing all that good" about it. He adds that the romantic dreams will only come true when the two of them are together. He then tells the narrator that he has some good news for her: Natsuno has finally decided that he wants to marry her. He rejected her many times, he says, because he didn't want to hurt her feelings. But he finally gave in because she insisted on it. She's really happy to hear this news. She also tells him that the novel is finished.