After insisting Shinichiro should believe her about giving her away her tears, Noe tells him of her mission to retrieve them.

Shinichiro looks for Noe during school, but after she suggests they eat lunch together or go home together, he becomes defensive and lies, telling her that he has dance practice after school and that she should eat with her friends instead of him.

After asking Noe out, Shinichiro tells her about his picture book that he is making about the rooster Raigoumaru.

It has been a week since Hiromi moved out and in the meantime has settled into single living. Miyokichi gets a call from Aiko, and the two decide to start over from the beginning as friends.