The next morning, Kyoko's in the bathroom washing her face at the basin, Masao beside her brushing his teeth. Kyoko says "Oni-chan, get that towel for me..." Masao, grouchily takes it & hands it to her "This...you should put this beside you before..." but Kyoko just grabs it "Alright...hurry up..." Looking into the mirror Kyoko mutters "Ah...awake now..." & Masao bends down behind her to look into the mirror as well, fixing his hair. The phone suddenly rings & as Kyoko turns around, hits Masao in the face. Masao gives a yelp of pain but Kyoko's tells him "Get out of the way..." Her wheelchair runs over his toes, leaving him grabbing his foot "Owww!" Kyoko goes into the living room where her mother's answering the call "...yes...yes...that's correct..." When she signs to her mother if the call's for her, her mother shakes her head, carrying on with the conversation "...yes...that's right..." Kyoko lets out a big sigh of disappointment...

At Shuji's apartment, Satsuki puts on her shoes & says to Shuji "Thanks for everything..." "uhm...ah, are you alright?" Shuji replies asking, pointing to his cheek. "I'm ok..." "You should talk it out with your husband..." "Uhm...yes..." "Next time...if...you don't have a place to go, you can come here...I won't hit on you..." "...even if you did, I wouldn't mind..." "You sure know how to joke..." "Well...bye..." Satsuki turns around & walks out the door, Shuji watching in silence...

Kyoko goes to Hot Lip & as she looks into the salon through the glass window, Takumi arrives "Eh? Good morning..." "Good morning..." "Shuji's not here yet..." "Oh...I see..." "Anything happened with Shuji?" "He didn't get in touch with me yesterday...I was a little worried..." "That's ok...not getting in touch with you for one day..." "...but...here the other day, I saw it...I saw a woman getting on the back of Shuji's bike..." Takumi laughs, not quite believing what Kyoko's saying. Kyoko puts her hands on her shoulder "Hair about this length...looks like a nice person..." Takumi goes "Ohhh..." "You know her?" "No..." replies Takumi getting up but Kyoko graps him "You know her...tell me...please..."

Shuji rushes into the usual cafe, barely missing bumping into a waitress "Excuse me...", to find Hirazawa waiting for him. As Shuji walks in, he apologizes "Sorry..." "Sorry to have to bother you before work..." "It's ok..." replies Shuji, taking a seat on the sofa across from her. Hirazawa asks "So...have you made your decision?" "Ah, being headhunted...I'm sorry...but I'm not accepting it..." "Your salary will be three times what you're getting now..." "At the very least, I'm very particular about my customers...there are customers that I've been doing their hair for a long time, that's why they come to Hot Lip...that's very important to me..." "...just like an idiot..." "That's the way it is...please tell your boss..." The waitress comes to serve Shuji but he merely says "I'm fine...thanks..." getting up. With a curt "Bye..." to Hirazawa, he starts to leave. Hirazawa call out "Hey..." "Yes?" "As the saying goes 'The darkest place is under the candlestick'...maybe you don't know..." "What?" "Sooner or later, Hot Lip will be in trouble..." "What's that suppose to mean?" "It's your own salon, check it out yourself..." Hirazawa puts the check into Shuji's helmet & walks out...

Kyoko peeps into the Fujigawa art gallery where Satsuki works, hoping to get a glimpse of her. Sachi comes up behind her & pushes her away "Stop it...why come all the way here..." "I only wanted to take a look..." "Taking a look is not window shopping...ah, shall I go get some coffee?" "Uhm..." "Coffee ok for you too?" "Thank you..." As Sachi goes off to get the coffee, Kyoko's curiosity gets the better of her & she goes back looking into the art gallery. As she approaches, Satsuki sees her & comes outside "Excuse me...by any chance...you're the girl that's going out with Shuji?" Flustered, Kyoko backs up "No...no...I'm sorry, it's nothing..." Kyoko's wheelchair goes over the curb & tips over, Kyoko falling out onto the road. Sachi sees & comes running "Kyoko!" Satsuki goes up to her "Are you alright?" Sachi anxiously says "Kyoko! Are you alright? Are you alright?" As she tries to lift Kyoko up, Kyoko goes "Oww..." "Sorry..." Satsuki asks, a concerned look on her face "Are you alright?" Kyoko nods, giving a weak smile, grimacing in pain...

Masao rushes to the hospital "Sachi!" "Masao!" "How's Kyoko?" Sachi holds her right shoulder explaining to Masao "She fell like this & hurt her shoulder, right now they're taking X-rays..." Masao goes towards the room "Inside?" but Sachi stops him "They're taking X-rays right now..." Masao looks around & notices Satsuki for the first time, asks Sachi "Who's this?" Sachi hesitates "Uhm...ah..."

At Hot Lip, the receptionist comes up to Shuji with the cordless phone "Shuji, call for you..." Shuji tells his customer "Excuse me..." & takes the phone "Thanks...hello...ah, what's up?...Kyoko?" Satsuki, calling from the hospital pay phone replies "Yes...it's not serious, the X-rays are normal..." "Oh...but why did she go to the gallery..." "It bothers her...you & me..." Shuji doesn't reply & Satsuki continues "Her brother's here too & I don't think there's anything to worry about...but I thought it would be better to let you know..." "Ah, thank you...then, tell me which hospital & where..."

Shuji rides on his bike to the hospital...

At the counter, Masao sorts out the formalities "...rushed here so forgot to bring the insurance certificate...tomorrow ok?" "Yes...then take this form...when you come tomorrow, please go to 2nd counter over there..." "2nd one?" Shuji arrives & hears Masao saying "2nd one..." Shuji goes over "Excuse me...oni-san..." but Masao ignores him & walks off. Walking to his pickup in the parking lot, Masao tells him "It's not serious..." Shuji asks "Where is she?" "She!?" "Oni-san..." "Oni-san!?" At that moment, Sachi drives up with Kyoko & sees Shuji "Kyoko..." Sachi stops the car & Shuji comes over, tapping on the window "Hey..." Masao pushes him away "It's ok Sachi, drive on..." Sachi asks "What do you want to do, Kyoko?" "It's ok, let's go..." "Kyoko..." Masao tells Shuji "She doesn't want to see you, she said so...sorry...it's ok, Sachi, drive on..." Sachi says to Kyoko "You sure it's ok?" Kyoko nods & Sachi drives away, leaving Shuji alone...

At the staff room in Hot Lip, Takumi & Satoru look at the appointment schedules on the computer. Takumi moans "I don't have that many customers..." Satoru says in consolation "You just became a stylist, don't worry about it..." "Really?" At that moment, Shuji walks into the staff room "Takumi..." "Yes?" "Talk to you..." Shuji tells him, pointing to the little store room "Why did you take Kyoko to the gallery?" "I didn't take her there...she asked about the woman on your bike so I just told her that she was working at the gallery that's all..." "One wouldn't usually tell!!" "What did I do wrong!? You're the one that hurt Kyoko!!" Satoru comes up anxiously "What are you doing? The customers will hear..." Both Shuji & Takumi walk away in a huff...

Arriving home, Shuji takes out his cell phone & makes a call to Kyoko, only to hear "The subscriber you've called is not available..." Sighing, he hangs up...

In her room, Kyoko sits on her bed, thinking. There's a knock on the door & Masao says "Hey, are you asleep yet?" "No, still awake..." The door slides open & Masao says "I'm coming in..." Kyoko tells him "You say 'I'm coming in' at the same time you walk in..." Masao takes a step back & slides the door shut. "I'm coming in..." "Enter..." Masao slides the door open & Kyoko smiles "Idiot..." Masao laughs "What...you laughed...it's not serious?" "The pain's lessened..." Masao takes a seat on the edge of her bed "Oh..." Kyoko asks "What about mom & dad?" "Hm? They're asleep..." "Oh..." "You...what about going to stay with Aunt Sakura for a while?" "Why?" "What do you mean why? With your arm like that, in any case you can't work at the library can you...rather than staying at home, it'll be a good change...ah, our cousin Youko just had a baby this fall, cute...how about it? If you want to, I can go with you too..." "Let me think about it..." Masao gets up "Then have a good rest...goodnight" "Goodnight..." Masao walks out of her room, sliding the door shut, leaving Kyoko deep in thought, realizing her brother's intentions...

Outside the library grounds, Sachi tells Miyama what happened. Miyama says "...that happened?" "She wasn't badly hurt but after that, she's shutting herself away...feels like she's locking up her heart..." "Is that so..." "Is there such a thing?" "Eh?" "No, I mean, I thought you'd know about these things better than I would..." "I wonder...for sure when people become handicapped, they bear a deep scar in their hearts...over coming that is like crawling up from a deep deep hole...will slip & fall back in again..." "Oh, I see..." "But that depends on the individual..." "I thought Kyoko was a bright & cheerful person..." "At the point of losing one's health...knowing that both legs will no longer move...the extent of receiving that shock...her cheerfulness is having overcome that...it's the brightness of having accepted it..." "I wonder...how much I can understand Kyoko..." "Whatever Kyoko understands & wants to say, I'm sure that you listen to her..." "Is that so, I wonder..." "Yes..."

The phone rings & Kuniko answers "Hello, this is Machidaya..." Masao walks into the room at the same time "Who is it?" Kuniko awkwardly says "Okishima..." Masao nods "ah..." & takes the phone from her "Hello..." Shuji says "Excuse me..." but Masao cuts him off "Don't call here anymore..." Kuniko tries to stop Masao "Wait..." but Masao ignores her "...Kyoko won't answer, she doesn't feel like talking..." Before Shuji can mutter "But...", Masao cuts him off. Glumly, Shuji hangs up with a sigh...

Kuniko says to her son "Masao..." "It's alright...nothing like this has ever happened before...it's all his fault..." At that moment, Yoshio enters "Masao!" "What?" "A visitor..." Kuniko & Masao turn to look & seeing Miyama, Masao grins. Miyama greets them "Hello..."

Miyama says "Present..." Kyoko looks at the box "Beautiful strawberries..." "Senbikiya's so it's expensive...ah, sorry..." "Thank you..." At that moment, Masao comes with tea & just outside Kyoko's door, he overhears her saying "When I think that there are people who worry about me, I feel happy, honestly..." "I won't ask you out on a date anymore so don't worry...but then Kyoko...you're in love...I think that if you had gone out with me, you'd never have gotten hurt like this..." "You're being nice...my loss..." "No, that's not it...the fact is that if you had gone out with me, you'd never have gotten hurt because I'm not in your heart...you've overcome that barrier, facing love head on with the one that's special to you...he's not a volunteer or anything but a normal person...if it's just wishing to be loved, that's easier...for sure, there wouldn't have been an accident like this...I've always thought that you're a strong person, a person who had strength...I don't want you to lose to what happened now..." Outside Masao listening, takes a step away. Miyama continues "I dare say this...I don't want you to lose to your handicap..." Touched, Kyoko replies "Miyama...I understood that...when you really love someone, you become weak...afraid to try too...for his sake too...when I think about his future...I want to back out..." tears rolling down her face...

Shuji comes to the Machidaya "Excuse me..." Kuniko, arranging things, reply "Yes..." turning around surprised to see who it is. Shuji says "Hello...is Kyoko in?" Kuniko, a little flustered, looks around & Masao comes out. Seeing Shuji, Masao angrily says "What is this? You again? What are you doing here?" Kuniko tries to stop him "Masao!" but Masao retorts "Mom stay out of this..." To Shuji, he says "Kyoko's not around, go home..." but Shuji stubbornly says "She's here isn't she..." Masao tries to push Shuji out "I said she's not in..." but Shuji refuses to budge, pushing back "She's here isn't she...this is our problem, let me see her..." "Masao shoves Shui away "What?!" Kuniko tells him "Masao! Let him go in...he'll be satisfied & leave..."

The door to Kyoko's bedroom slides open & Masao walks in, telling showing "...even her wheelchair isn't here...she's visiting with relatives..." Shuji looks around at the empty room & sees the pair of red shoes he gave her "What are they doing here..." Masao says "What!? These are a present from you?! Stop it...doing this to people who can't walk...take it back with you..." handing the pair of shoes to Shuji. In silence, Shuji takes them from him. Masao tells him "Until now, nothing serious has ever happened...somehow or another, we've made it this far...ever since she started going out with you, she's started behaving strangely..."

Quietly, Shuji leaves the store, nodding to Kuniko, who looks at him go...

Shuji leans on his bike, looking at the shoes. As he opens his backpack to put the shoes in, Kuniko comes running out looking for him "Shuji...can we talk?" Nodding, Shuji replies "Yes..."

At a cafe, both Shuji & Kuniko sit across a table, both ill at ease. Looking around, Kuniko takes a napkin & asks Shuji "Do you have something to write with?" Shuji opens his backpack & awkwardly takes out the red shoes before taking out a pen "This ok?" Kuniko mutters "Thanks...", taking the pen from him & starts scribbling on the napkin. Curious, Shuji looks on but doesn't say anything. Done, Kuniko places the napkin & pen in front of Shuji "This is the address where she's staying right now..." Shuji takes it & looks at it as Kuniko continues "If you really like her that much, then go see her..." Shuji looks at Kuniko surprised "Eh?" "But...if...if you...not Kyoko, but if you...have already given up on her, then please don't see her anymore..." Shuji assures her "No....giving up on her...giving up on her, I can't do that...she's misunderstood..." Kuniko asks "...have you heard about her condition?" Shuji stares back without answering. Kuniko says "...about her illness..." Shuji replies "No...not in detail but......she goes to the hospital once a month...takes steroids for medication...but if she doesn't do anything vigorous, she can live a normal life..." Kuniko quietly nods "Yes, it's as you say...it is as you say but......" Shuji looks at her but Kuniko speaks with a heavy heart "Her illness...there's a deficiency in her immune system...there's a chance that it can get worse..." Shuji asks "...chance that it'll get worse?" Kuniko adds "...if that happens, she may die..." Shuji stares blankly at Kuniko who continues "That probability...according to the doctors, the chances are 13 out of 43..." Shuji stunned, listens to Kyoko "Hard to understand numbers...13 out of 43...did you hear about this?" Shuji mutters "No..." Kuniko tells him "I suppose she couldn't tell you...as a mother I've told you...it's ok I hope...I'll be scolded by her I guess..." Shuji doesn't say anything. Kuniko, tears in her eyes, continues "We believe in the 30 out of 43...that's what our whole family believes in...that child (Kyoko) too...if it doesn't get bad, if she can live & die a natural death, then 30 out of 43 will become 100%...but for you to believe that too...it's cruel...after all, you're someone else's precious son too..." Shuji, tears in his eyes, can't find anything to say. Kyoko apologizes "Sorry...letting you know such terrible news...sorry..." Shuji finally mutters "No..." Fighting back tears, Kuniko tells him "But...I think this is what she wants to say to you but can't...I think this is the real reason why she doesn't want to see you...of course, one thinks it's just having quarrels but...this is the real reason behind it...the problems with the wheelchair...includes...her illness......as her mother, I thought that I had to give that (Kyoko's address) to you...somehow, I get the feeling that she really wants to see you..." Shuji looks at Kuniko with a heavy heart, still unable to find the right words to say anything...

Walking along the streets, the pair of shoes in hand, Shuji thinks about what Kuniko's told him about Kyoko. Stopping & leaning against a pillar, he looks at the shoes in his hands. Finally he mutters to himself "Just what is this 13 out of 43..."

As Shuji parks his bike outside his apartment, Satsuki appears "Shu-chan..." Shuji turns around & seeing her, goes up to her "What's wrong?" "I've decided to go to Osaka..." "Eh?" "A teacher from college introduced me to a hospital in Osaka..." "So you've spoken with him..." "Uhm..." "That's good..." "Uhm......Shu-chan..." "Hm?" "Can we start over?" Satsuki looks at the answer written on Shuji's face. Shuji tells her "...sorry...I'm really sorry..." Satsuki merely shakes her head in understanding, puts her bag on the ground & gives Shuji a hug. With her arms around Shuji, Satsuki says "She's really pretty......Shu-chan..." "Hm?" "Let's both...be happy..." Shuji nods & puts his arms around her. With a sweet smile, Satsuki says "Bye..." picking up her bag & walking off. Shuji looks at her & then at the napkin with Kyoko's address in his hand...

At her cousin's home by the sea, Kyoko sits at the edge of the house & says to Youko "Let me carry the baby" "Sure, here..." Her aunt comes out "Youko, it's time to prepare lunch..." Kyoko offers "Then let me look after the baby..." "Thanks..." Kyoko happily plays with the baby saying "How lucky you are...no worries at all..." In the distance, Shuji rides by on his bike. Stopping to look around & taking out the address, he looks at the house. Turning in, Shuji stops in the distance, seeing Kyoko carrying the baby & a hint of a smile appears on his face. The baby's crying brings Youko out "Let me carry..." taking the baby back from Kyoko. Left alone, Kyoko gets into her wheelchair & looks up, surprised to see Shuji...

At an area near the sea, Shuji tells Kyoko "Didn't I say so before? Not to go anywhere without telling me..." "After that happened, I was too embarrassed to see you..." "After what happened?" "Satsuki...I went to see her...I waited the whole night for your call but it never came...I thought you were with that person who got on the bike with you...& then what sort of a person she was, I wanted to go see...I only intended to just take a look & then leave but...after that, she saw me......but I think she's a nice person...warm & elegant too...she was really concerned about me too...she's a good person I think...& you don't dislike her either, right..." Shuji tells her directly "If you talk about feelings, then I guess I've always had some for her......I loved her too...after seeing her again, I felt something..." "You're really honest...too honest..." "No...I don't want to lie to you...in any case even if I lie, you'd see right through me straight away......but whenever I think of you not being around......when I think of you not being around...it hurts like something's grabbing a hold of my heart...even now like this, being together, it's unbearable..." Shuji takes a deep breath & says "I'm sorry...but I love you...no matter what anyone says, if it's not you it won't do...I want to force you & take you back with me...but I'm not in the position to do so...after you go home, if it's possible, call me...I'll be waiting..." Shuji walks back to his bike, gets on it & rides away, Kyoko watching, not saying anything...

On the streets, Takumi scouts for models "Wait up..." going after a couple of girls "I'm looking for a haircut model..." "Which saloon?" "Hot Lip..." "Wow! That's where Shuji & Satoru are right?!" "Me too, Takumi, heard of me?" "Don't know...if it's Shuji it'll be ok...sorry..." The girls walk off & Takumi glumly sits on the rails by the walkway, taking a picture of himself. A woman walks up in front of him "If you'd like I could be your haircut model..." "Eh?" Hirazawa hands him her business card "Pleased to meet you..."

At a lounge, Takumi asks "500,000 yen a month?" "More's ok too...on top of that our saloon has no stars like Shuji or Satoru, if you come, you'll be number 1..." "Really?" "But we've got one condition..." "What is it?" "A copy of the customer list..."

At the Hot Lip staff room, the boss shows Shuji the plans of the new Hot Lip branch "This is the design for the new branch...the building with Kinokuniya, on the 2nd floor...it's empty..." Shuji takes a look muttering "You're still talking about this?" "I'm thinking of letting Satoru handle it..." Mayumi walks in "Tenchou, you have a visitor..." Taking the plans back from Shuji, the boss says "Sorry..." & walks out excitedly "Sorry to keep you waiting when you're so busy..." Shuji comes out of the staff room to see the boss talking with two gentlemen "Thanks to you a place has been found, first, the area..." Shuji asks Mayumi "Who are they?" "Patrons of the new salon, some wheeling & dealing businessmen..." "Who? Everything ok, I wonder..."

Arriving home, Kyoko cheerfully sits at the table with her family, juggling some oranges "Look..." Masao says "Going back to the library tomorrow? I'll give you a ride..." Yoshio says "That's a good idea, better not to drive..." Kyoko protests "I'm fine...I drove back myself..." Kuniko says "I'll have to call Sakura to thank her for taking care of my daughter for such a long time..." "What? I helped out there too...I was feeding & carrying the baby too...ah, mom, that's dried horse mackerel..." Kuniko gets up & takes the packages "Ah, Sakura loves these & yet she's given us so much...I wonder if they can all go into the refrigerator..." Masao takes a couple of oranges "Do it with 4..." Kyoko laughs "You can't do it..."

Entering her bedroom, Kyoko mutters "I'm back..." Not seeing the red shoes that she's put on display, she looks around her room & then takes the box, opening it to see if they're inside. Masao comes in with her bag "Mom's taken your clothes out to wash..." "Ah, oni-chan, do you know about the red shoes I put here?" "Oh...when you were away, he came by...I gave them back to him...sorry, I did that without permission..." "Oh..." "Eh?" "Yes...yes...it's ok, in any case I was thinking of giving them back to him...it's like you said, I'm happy the way I am now...don't have to fall in love or think about various things...won't get hurt either...what more can I ask for...just like an idiot...it's just like a dream, a dream..." Masao asks "Is that so?" "But it wasn't a bad dream..." Masao nods, tears in his eyes, the more cheerful Kyoko speaks of her dream, the more unbearable he feels. Kyoko tells him "Sorry, oni-chan, I'm going to change..." Masao nods & leaves the room...

Shuji rides home & as he gets off his bike, Kyoko sounds the car horn. Shuji turns around, surprised to see Kyoko. Kyoko winds down the window "Yo..." Shuji still shocked, replies "...yo..."

Kyoko's grilling some fish over the stove when Shuji walks in "What's with the smoke!?" "Turn on the ventilator fan..." Shuji turns on the ventilator above the stove, grimacing "It stinks...why aren't you grilling the bottom part?" "It's more delicious this way..." "Beer goes with this...beer..." says Shuji, opening the fridge. Kyoko asks "What would you like in the mizo soup?" "Huh?" "Ingredients..." "Chikuwa (fish paste cake)..." "One wouldn't put that into mizo soup!" "Would too! It's delicious, don't you know? If you put it in, it's really something..."

"This is delicious..." says Shuji, munching on the fish. "Isn't it..." replies Kyoko, finishing up her meal "I'm done..." Shuji licks his fingers muttering "I'm done too...", taking a sip of his beer. Kyoko looks at him & Shuji looks back at her "Hm?" With a smile, Kyoko says "I came here to talk to you about something..." "What about?" "Wanted to tell you in a good mood..." "Ah, so that's with the fish?" "Well, yeah......I've thought about a lot of things..." "Hm, I've thought about things too..." replies Shuji, clearing the table. Kyoko says "The both of us are 27, we've got our futures ahead of us..." "& so?" "& so...I still think that it's better if you see someone that's normal..." Shuji puts the plates in the sink "Normal person..." "Normal healthy person...I'm ok...I've been very happy...even in my dull life, it's sparkled too..." Shuji takes a wet cloth from the sink & starts wiping the table "Hey...I'm not a Christmas tree ornament..." "Eh?" "Those sparkling things..." "Oh..." Taking the seat next to her, Shuji says "I'm not an ornament for you to decorate your life...that's to say...can't I be a part of your life?...to say your life...your life from now on...can't it be our lives...?" Quietly with a smile on her face, Kyoko looks at Shuji "...it's not possible..." Shuji looks away & then says "Ah...I heard about your illness...I heard from your mother..." Reaching over & taking his beer, Shuji takes a sip & says "About that 13 out of 43...head that too..." "Oh...sorry, I didn't mean to hide it but somehow, the chance to talk about it never came up...even being this healthy now, it's like I've forgotten about the numbers too...besides which being told that was 10 years ago...recently I've even thought that I could go on living like this..." Shuji nods, not saying anything. Kyoko looks at him & then says "Sorry...I guess I hid it from you after all...I couldn't tell you..." Shuji tells her "I've been thinking about a lot of things too...if we get married...if your condition got worse, you'd have to be my priority...my work on the career front would not go according to the pace I'd like.........maybe......" Shuji says hesitatingly "......can't have children......then traveling on planes, your wheelchair will be placed with the luggage...then on the plane, when you have to go to the toilet, I'll have to carry you there...even if I'm sleeping, I'll be woken up too..." Kyoko asks quietly "Are you joking..." "No...from the details to the big things...I've thought about everything......it's just my nature to go into details...I came to the conclusion...maybe I came to the conclusion right from the start..." Kyoko looks at him "& what's that?" Shuji turns around to face her, turning Kyoko to face him. Looking straight into her eyes, Shuji says "I won't give you up...I can't give you up...more than anything else...more than anything else...you're the most important..." Tears welling up in her eyes, Kyoko says "Your work...if it doesn't go as you plan, it's ok?" With tears in his eyes as well, Shuji nods "Uhm..." Kyoko adds "...& children..." Shuji grabs her & hugs her tightly. Kyoko continues "Will you carry me when we're on board the plane?" "Yes..." With tears rolling down her cheeks, Kyoko asks "& then...what is it...then...oh yes, this horrible nature of mine is ok?" Shuji smiles "Hmmmm......I'd like that to change a bit..." "You're too much..." "You're the one that said it..." "Even if..." Kyoko moves away & looking at Shuji "...even if...I die it'll be ok?" Shuji nods & then tells her "You won't die......I won't let you die..." Kyoko reaches out & tugs at his sweatshirt, pulling Shuji towards her & they both hug each other again...

The both of them go out at night, with Shuji holding onto Kyoko's hands, dragging her along, lights brightly decorating the trees around them. Shuji's voiceover comes on...

 

After that, the both of us went out to the streets at night.

Kyoko wore the red shoes I gave her for the very first time.

It suited her perfectly. 

But in the end, that was the very first & last time she ever wore those red shoes.........

 

それから僕と杏子は夜の街に出かけた。
杏子は、僕があげたあの赤い靴を初めて履いた。
とても似合った。
でも、結局、それが彼女が赤い靴を履いた最初で最後の時になったんだ。。。