Epic 1 | Epic 2 | Epic 3 | Epic 4| Epic 5| Epic 6|Epic 7| Epic 8| Epic 9|Epic 10 | Epic 11 Epic 7 Honami's wishes come true and she spends the night with Ryusui. When she goes home the following day and lets her family know, they are happy for her, and her mother, Ruriko, cooks red rice to congratulate her on the fulfillment of her love. However, Eri has the presence of mind to say, "Forget all this. What you should be thinking about is when he finds out about the plastic surgery." A new worry springs up, and Honami immediately practices disclosing the truth, using Ryohei as a stand-in for Ryusui. Ryusui at the same time has to deal with the problem of Towada. The previous day, Towada had decided to boycott the national Ikebana exhibition midway through work on his submission. Ryusui has now decided to take him off the membership rolls, but the school's executive members are completely opposed. Ryusui's mother, Shino, is disturbed when she sees a magazine article playing up the Ikebana school's disputes, and tells Ryusui that they must have Itehara act as mediator and quiet things down, possibly with an apology to Todawa and withdrawal of his dismissal. However, Aoi hears about Honami and the predicament gets worse and worse for Ryusui. In the midst of all this, Isaki visits Honami and discloses how the commotion is putting Ryusui into a difficult position. She says, "The only one who can help my brother now is Aoi!" and implicitly urges Honami to get out of the picture. Honami is bewildered for a moment and presses Isaki, "Are you saying he should marry someone he doesn't love, just for the sake of the school?" Once she realizes how much this would benefit Ryusui, Honami heads over to his house. "I thought the head of the school had more power. I just wanted to catch you and now I'm tired of it..." says Honami as she breaks off the relationship with words she does not feel in her heart. With this, it would have seemed that everything was solved. However, Ryusui doesn't give up on Honami. Now he understands the truth of Isaki's doubts when she had earlier said, "I wonder if..." Of course those doubts were about Honami.