in the present, taku's plane lands and he is offered a lift home by yutaka, who explains he punched him because he'd realized taku had held back his feelings for his sake. at a class reunion, former student president shimizu mentions she had met rikako earlier. she explains that as rikako was attending kochi university, she had flown to tokyo for her school break, missing the reunion. taku realizes that rikako was the woman he'd seen at the station. walking home, yumi tells taku that she too had met rikako, explaining she couldn't make it to the reunion and that she wanted to meet someone, but wouldn't say who... just that he slept in bathtubs.