Haru messes up Subaru's parents' altar, and as Subaru cleans it up, he recalls his parents. They loved to travel, but Subaru would not join them on their trips in order to keep reading books. Kawase makes a visit to Subaru's house to talk business and convince Subaru to hold the meeting outside his house, but to no avail. Subaru is interrupted again when Haru messes up his manuscript, and once more when his pen runs out of ink. While getting some more ink, he stumbles upon an old picture album of his parents that Haru knocks over. He recalls their deaths that happened when a tour bus they were riding got in an accident...