One year later, Roxane is still in love with Asano, but she can't bear to be alone with him. She tells Roxane that she'll stay with him, even though he's sick. He tells her that he needs to meet up with Mimori to find out what a great man he is. He's not the same person he was when they first met, he says, but he'll do his best to make sure that happens. Roxane sighs and says she's in love all the time. She's worried about Mimori, though, because he keeps interrupting her. She asks Roxane what she should do when Mimori and Asano are alone. She says that she won't be able to bear it anymore, and that she has to accept it.