True Tears 8

"Town Where It Doesn't Snow"
When Jun comes home, Noe tells him about how Shinichirou told her that he liked her and asked her out. Jun then hugs Noe. Shinchirou is in his room thinking about Harumi, Noe, and Aiko. After she kissed him, Shinichirou told her that he couldn't look at her in that way because she's his friend and also Nobuse's girlfriend. After school, Noe and Shinchirou takes a walk to enjoy the ocean breeze. When she notices that Shinchirou doesn't look too happy, she has him squat down. Noe then hugs him and explains that he also seemed to be cold just like the chicken, Jibeta. When she asks him what he sees behind her, Shinchirou obeserves the sky. Noe reveals that she wants him to be always looking at the sky. Noe kisses him on the cheek and admits that she's falling in love with him. The two of them gets closer, therefore, Hiromi sees them together more and more. It even gets to the point where she dreams about the two of them kissing. The next morning, Hiromi runs into Shinchirou then asks him on how he's doing with Noe. That day, Hiromi goes on a date with Jun. When they meet, he says how it's always snowing when he sees her. Then Hiromi says that she wants to go to a city where it doesn't snow. And one place Jun can think of is the one that they both have in common - basketball. So they both go to the school gymnasium. They play a game of free throw where each basket means the other person has to answer the question asked. Hiromi gets two baskets when Jun got none so for her first question, she asks about the number of boys Noe has gone out with. He answers zero. Jun then talks about Noe and her childhood which causes Harumi to say that he has a sister complex. For her second question, she asks him why he's going out with her. Jun admits that it was a deal with Shinchirou. Hiromi wonders if this means that if either side breaks up, then the other side with break up too. Jun doesn't like that idea so he tell her he'll do whatever she wanted. As they both leave the school building, they run into Shinchirou and Noe. So the boys sit together off on side and the girls are at the chicken coop. While Noe talks about how better she thinks of Hiromi now, Hiromi gets angry and talks about how Noe's smile and innocent face easily won over Shinchirou then takes a leave. Jun follows Hiromi. At home, Harumi finds one of a picture with her parents in it, burned. She confronts Shinchirou's mother and gets mad because it was her own mother. She then feels as if it was a mistake to come in the house and leaves the house. She then goes to Jun's house and knowing that he'll do whatever she wanted, she tells him to take her somewhere it doesn't snow on his motorcycle. On their way, they pass Shinchirou and Noe on the road.