During this childhood flashback, Kousei's revealed to have always been a shy kid who was afraid of his mother and trying to do new stuff. Tsubaki's always his motivator, I guess. The one always forcing him to act. This is proven when she carries Kousei on her shoulders as a child and jumps down the Doryo Bridge for fun.
Back to the present!
The trio came to visit Kaori at Totsuhara University Hospital, and after having a glimpse of the nurse washing her bare back, Tsubaki kickes Watari and Kousei.
She claims to be a little anemic, and that her father's too insistent on having her go through check-ups.
Kousei feels like it's his fault that they didn't manage to proceed to the next round. Before Kousei leaves, Kaori asks whether he's been playing piano and Kousei remembers when he tried to play a key at home and hears nothing. Instead of telling her that, he said that he hasn't been playing.
As Tsubaki and Kousei converse outside the hospital, Tsubaki convinces Kousei that playing the piano isn't all that he can offer.
The next day, Kousei rejects the idea of visiting Kaori at the hospital, after knowing that Watari has Kaori's e-mail. Watari also tells Kousei how pumped up he felt after watching Kousei's and Kaori's performance.
As Kousei ponders over Kaori's question: Will you be able to forget?, he runs home through the rain and goes to his piano room.
While he remembers the after-performance, Kaori has told him that the audience will never forget her and thanks Kousei for playing the accompaniment for her. She also cries out of happiness.
After a poor performance during baseball, Tsubaki's friend (Kashiwagi) walks her home and asks whether anything happened between her and Kousei.The former caption of the baseball club, Saito, ends up walking her home, and on the way, she tries to convince herself that it was okay. However, before she could leave Saito, he confesses, but Tsubaki finds out that she doesn't have mutual feelings like before.
At school, Kousei avoided Kaori but coincidentally bumps into her while playing hopscotch with the kids. However, her excuse is overruled when the kids reveal that she said she was waiting for someone.
Kaori then asks Kousei to enter a piano competition. After giving sort of a motivational speech, she jumps down the bridge as if to prove her point. Kousei then thinks of how everything she says and does sparkles and he feels inspired to be like her. He then follows suit and jump into the river as well.
