The next morning, Hiroshi asks his son to come to the funeral, but Hiroshi says he'll have to wait until the party is over. Hiroshi tells his son that he's going to meet up with his friend, kino-shishita, at a restaurant in town. He asks Hiroshi if he can drop him off at the Hiroshi household, and Hiroshi promises to do so. He also tells Hiroshi that he plans to meet some people at the party, and that he hopes to meet one or two of them. As Hiroshi prepares to leave, he asks if his son wants to ask him where he lives now. He says he doesn't know, because his mom said she'd be going to the party. But if he were there, he'd look for nanako and see what her face would be like. He's heard that she's been living inutsunomiya, but he hasn't been able to find her. He tells his mom that he ran into her last year, when she was out with her boyfriend, and she told him that she was okay, but that she got left behind by Hiroshi when he drove them all out of town, and he hates it. He hopes to see her someday.