"Hotaru" is the name of a girl who is very close to the narrator, and the narrator is very sorry for the way she has treated him. He tells her that he has tried to be kind to her, but she has not been able to do so. He says that he is not very good at reading people, and that when romantic feelings are involved, it is ten times worse. He is worried about what to do with hananoi, but he does not know how to handle the situation.