The narrator is on his way home from a visit to his aunt's grave. He stops by the house of his friend, haru, to ask about his daughter and son-in-law, who are both in high school. Reluctantly, the narrator admits that he is worried about the two of them. He asks haru if they are doing well in school, and haru replies that they are. The narrator then tells haru that he moved into his house a month ago, and that haru was kind enough to let him stay in his apartment while he went to visit his aunt. He tells the narrator that he has no idea how haru turned out, as he does not know what he would have done if he had been a normal person. .