Tsukushi realizes that she would have Rui to herself if Shizuka left for France as planned, but she doesn"t want to be like the other scheming girls at her school. So she begs Shizuka to stay in Japan for Rui"s sake. Domyoji asks Tsukushi for a date at the airport that Shizuka is leaving from, but his sweet words are drowned out by the sound of jets passing by.