In the alley, Ichika explains to Futaro that she got a call from work and will not be able to watch the fireworks with her sisters this year. She sees the moustached man from earlier and embraces Futaro so as to hide behind him. Futaro again dismisses the notion that he is friends with the quintuplets, which Ichika tells him is hurtful; Futaro guiltily thinks back to Miku's earlier reaction, realising that he hurt her feelings...