Hiroyuki and Asahina go shopping together, and Hiroyuki says that he wants to go home and have some alone time before he leaves for the States. He wants to make sure that they don't get caught up in the "same old pattern" of their relationship, and he doesn't want them to get too close to each other. He tells her that he's not going to let her break off their friendship, because she broke it off before they got back together. She tells him that she's going to go to America, and she'll be gone by the time he gets back. Hiroyuki tells her not to worry, though, because they'll always be friends.