The phone is ringing at Hime-chan's house, so she hurries but falls down the stairs. It is Hasekura-senpai. He wants to talk to Aiko but she has gone out. After hanging up, Hime-chan remembers that Hasekura is going to leave that Sunday.
Back in her room, Hime-chan looks at the sky out of the window, lost in her thoughts.
支倉先輩がアメリカ留学に発つ日が近づいた。姫子は、先輩にひそかに憧れていた頃のことを一つずつ思い出していた。