In the second half of the chapter, Hiroshi and the other students discuss their school's sports team, which placed eighth in the national track meet. Hiroshi tells his friend that he's a second-year student, and that it's hard for him to compete with other students. He tells Hiroshi that he wants to play for the club, and Hiroshi says he'll tell his sister to do the same. He also tells her that he has won a college tournament and wants to continue playing. He asks Hiroshi to come by and watch him play. He says he can also bring Hiroshi back to his home in Fukui, where he works as a teacher. He's worried that Hiroshi's summer break will be too much for him, and he wonders why Hiroshi didn't come to visit him when he was in college. He wonders if he should have gone to his family in vaca , Mexico, instead of coming to visit his friend in fujioka. He thinks that if he hadn't gone to vaca, he would have been a different person. He wants to know why he hasn't been invited to visit Hiroshi on his summer break, and she tells him that she doesn't want to come because she's afraid of him. She also tells him to come to her home, where she'll be able to talk to her. She says she'd like to see Hiroshi, but Hiroshi won't let her come. She asks him if he has any friends who would like to join the club. He replies that he does, and then he asks her if she has any other friends who want to join. She replies that she does, but that she has no friends who are willing to join her club. She then asks him to tell Hiroshi about his college tourna, which he won. She tells him he can come and watch her play, too, but she says she can't because she has to go back to work. She adds that she can also come to F