It's been a while since the last time we saw the two of them together, but now that they're back together, it's time for us to catch up with them. Umeki says he's sorry, but he can't stop playing the game. He's not going to stop until he gets first place, and that's where he'll stop playing. Uh-oh, umeki says. He hopes you'll enjoy the story, too, because "traditional art is tough." Umeki also tells us that he got the girl's number from her dad , and he hopes it will put her mind at ease with him. He also says that the game was just a "practice game" , so it was just like any other practice game. Okay, now that we've got a little background on the two, let's get back to the subject at hand: Umeki's going to be leaving the team today. He says that his passion for the game will never return, but that he won't be able to stop playing until he does. He doesn't want to "just start over" from the beginning, he says, because he might just be "feeling suffering" more than any other player on the team. He tells Umeki to come closer and talk to him about it tomorrow, and then they'll talk about it the next day, when he can come closer to see her face . He asks Umeki if he can go after her, and Umeki replies that he would feel better if he were there to help her, too , since he feels like he'd lost his feelings for her since he didn't even like her back at the beginning of the season . Uh oh, Umeki, umaki says that he was just happy when he was even liked back, and now that he