The next morning, Hiroshi and Atsumori go for a walk. Hiroshi confesses that he had a dream about his father treating him like a son, and he's happy that he was able to share it with his sister. He says that he and his sister have had to hold back on treat-ing themselves until their exams are over, so they'll have lots of fun things to do once they get back from school. He's excited about the engagement, but he doesn't tell his family about it because he wants to devote his life to his family. He tells his sister that she has given him "something beyond that" . He wonders if his family will let him choose something for himself for once in his life, and she says that's the ideal thing to do. She tells Hiroshi not to look down on him for making her one choice in his whole life. She says that she'll do her best to make him happy, and Hiroshi says he'll make her happy too.