The literature club holds a light novel composition contest, where everyone but Tomoyo comes up with a theme.  Andou works to help Tomoyo figure out how she can overcome her difficulties writing and delays heading home, where Hatoko is helping out his family by cooking dinner.
But it was a while ago.
لكن قبل فترة
Pero fue hace un tiempo.
Pero ha sido hace un rato.
Mais ça fait déjà un moment…
Ma è stato un po' di tempo fa.
Mas isso já faz um tempo.