The narrator promises to set Souta free one day. He tells us that he and Souta smoothed things over, but that he's going to have to leave soon. He's not sure if it's night or day, but he thinks that maybe things will happen at night. He wonders if there's something between the two of them that could have changed. The narrator says that she'd be fine if she could have prepared herself better. She says that if he had been nicer to her, she would have been a lot happier. She buys some of Souta's favorite rings, and she's excited to see him. She's surprised that the sparrow has run away, but she doesn't know that she is the type of person who gets into lovers' quarrels. She asks if he is there, and the narrator says no, but then she remembers that she was in love with him at first sight. She wonders if love is still considered a thing when you fall in love instantly, and if that's the case with Souta. She worries that she won't be able to remember him as much as she would like, and that he will die before her. She rattles off all the reasons why she thought she had to let Souta go free, but where is the sparrow?