The next morning, Hiroshi finds himself in the middle of a conversation with a woman named shelley, who has come to Japan to perform at a festival called the "Hose Hedgehogs." Hiroshi tells her that he's glad to be in Japan, because shelley is a "good singer" . The woman asks Hiroshi to go with her to a hot springs in the town of Hakone, where she's staying. Hiroshi says that shelley dragged him around town, telling him that she was in Japan just to go shopping and dining at the hot springs. He's happy to be there, because he used to dream about this day coming. Back in the day, a man would come to visit Hiroshi's mom every day and be kicked out of the house. The man would tell Hiroshi that he was hungry and wanted to eat with him, and Hiroshi would think it was a good idea to tell him so. He says he can't even imagine what it would be like if he told the man that he wanted all that. He tells the woman that he wants her to cheer him up, even if he was just a total stranger. She tells him that he can become a singer in Japan. She never told him her name or who she was, but she did tell him that her name was "shelley," and that she wanted him to be a part of the festival. She didn't tell him who the woman really was, and he was surprised when she asked him that question. He finds out that the man who came to visit his mom was the same man who was kicked out six years ago. He also learns that the woman asked him to take part in the festival, but he turned her down because she was a "selfish vocalist" of the hedgehogs. He thinks