Namura tries to talk to Meiko's parents but they don't want to deal with him. Meiko is very sad and she can't stand living in that house but she Namura tells her to be patient. As Namura leaves, Meiko walks around the city and clears her head playing with some children and her monitor who turns out to be Akira, a ryoko suitor and Kijima's brother-in-law.