In this chapter, Tachibana tells Aiko that she will never see her as a girl as long as she lives. She also tells her that she has frozen her heart for a long time at the Tokyo Hospital and that she is ready to go back to school. She tells her to hurry back to the hospital because the students there are so good. Aiko says that she does not want to bother her mother because it is convenient for her, but she wishes that she could be her friend.