Junichi is offered a chance to work for a friend's publishing company in Tokyo and decides to leave the town to never return. Sentaro and Ritsuko attend the Christmas mass together while Kaoru decides to attend a Christmas party at Seiji's house, to distance himself from them. Finally aware of Ritsuko's feelings for him, Sentaro apologizes to her for never had realized before, but the two end up renewing their conviction that they are just like family to each other. Kaoru insists that Sentaro should fix his broken friendship with Junichi before he departs, even slapping him for it. Sentaro then challenges Junchi to one last jamming session with the band, to which he attends. The train taking Junichi to Tokyo is about to leave when he is approached by Yurika, begging to take her with him, but he insists that they should part ways. Just before the train starts moving, Junichi hears Yurika's parents at the station, angry at her for leaving a matchmaking meeting they arranged for her. Junichi pulls her into the train at the last moment, and the two embrace each other as the train leaves the city. Back at the record store, Kaoru opens the piano cover and finds the blue gloves Ritsuko knitted for him.
薫が九州に来て２回目のクリスマス。律子の気持ちをを勘違いしたままの薫は、星児が主宰するパーティに出向くものの、寂しさを感じずにはいられない。一方、薫のために手袋を編む律子もまた、もどかしい想いに悩んでいた。自分からフッておいて、告白できるはずもない。逡巡する彼女の背中を押したのは、千太郎の言葉だった。
Durante su segunda Navidad en la ciudad y sin comprender aún del todo los sentimientos de Ritsuko, Kaoru va a la fiesta de Seiji, pero no puede deshacerse del sentimiento de soledad.
Finalmente al corrente dei sentimenti che Ritsuko nutre per lui, Sentarō si scusa con lei per averla inavvertitamente ferita; Ritsuko, grata, dichiara tuttavia di vederlo ormai come un familiare e un amico più che un interesse romantico.
