The sun has risen. Ryuu woke up and ate breakfast. He thought to himself, "The breeze was too cold right now". He noticed one of Kaosu's commanders at the same time, his best friend in a jacket. He summoned the commander: "Hey Jurou, come here for a moment." Jurou approached Ryuu and asked, "You want drugs?" Ryuu grinned and responded, "Not right now; what's going on, and why is the breeze cold?" Jurou replied: "It's winter bro. Enjoy yourself now, you assigned me a task today, bye!".
Ryuu realized he was born in winter 23 years ago. He grinned as he remembered Ryoichi and Aiko's caring for him. Someone texted him from his phone. He opened it and read, "Ryuu, I killed some hotties here". Then a picture appeared. Yoshio sent the message. He ignored it. He gazed out the window and smiled.
When Takeshi and the other three received a message from Nagisa, they immediately returned to their hiding to relax. Rikuu remained for 7 hours. In the afternoon, when he awoke, he saw someone face to face. When he regained consciousness, he discovered it was Ichika.
Ichika grinned and cheerfully exclaimed, "Good afternoon, Rikuu!" He said "Afternoon? Oh, yeah. We just got home 7 hours ago. My head hurts so bad" . Ichika looked to see if he had a temperature. She replied with "Seems like you're fine. I guess you just need this" . Ichika kissed him with no hesitation. Ichika grinned at him. Rikuu was taken aback, but remembered what had happened the night before, so he smiled back at Ichika.
Akari knocked on Rikuu's door. She went on: "Rikuu? Are you awake? I want to know that Ryuu". Rikuu responded, "The door is open." When Akari opened the door, she was stunned. She imagined there was something going on between Rikuu and Ichika. Akari grumbled: "You guys, am i having wrong thoughts or the most accurate idea?". Ichika rubbed her head and responded, "We only started dating last night."
Akari was speechless. After realizing that, she bursted laughing. She replied to Ichika "What? I've never expected that!". Takeshi heard Akari's laugh outside. He, with no hesitation, entered Rikuu's room. He saw the three and asked Ichika "What's going on with her?". Ichika replied "She can't believe that Rikuu and I are dating". Takeshi was surprised and said "What? I've never expected that!".
Rikuu said, "You two both said the same thing". Takeshi responded, "But I mean, I am happy for you both. Congratulations!". Rikuu gazed into his soul and grinned. When Akari stopped laughing, Takeshi inquired, "What's funny about it?" Akari laughed. "Well it's not like i don't support them. Congratulations! But a gorgeous like Ichika dating him?" . Akari pointed to Rikuu and laughed again.
Rikuu was annoyed. Ichika asked, "A gorgeous? Me?". She chuckled and blushed. She looked at Rikuu, who was already looking at her. She grinned at him.
Nagisa and Akihiko were training by dueling. Shoto stated, while sitting and having a breakdown, "I can't really accept it; both of them left us like that." Nagisa and Akihiko paused their combat and took a seat alongside Shoto. Akihiko elaborated: "Asahi and Fuyutsuki were my best pals since high school" . Tears started streaming from his eyes. He hurriedly rose up and covered his eyes, saying, "No, it's over; let's get back to work." Shoto and Nagisa witnessed Akihiko's anguish for the first time.