The narrator tells us that he's a childhood friend of makihara's. He's been there all along, he says, and he loves him just as much as he loves haru. He tells haru that he doesn't want to be his childhood friend anymore, because he feels like there's nothing he can do for his friend anymore. Aww, that's kind of weird. The narrator says that he can't even go back to being his friend, because haru has shown him how much he loves her. He says that haru is so upset that he wants to run away, and the two of them go off to the hot springs together.