Hiro's resolve to live becomes stronger until he dies during a check-up. Mika begins to visit the hospital daily, even taking an academic leave, to take care of Hiro, who slowly begins to show signs of recovery. Hiro eventually gives into his feelings and gets back together with her.
Upset that he pretended he didn't love her only to ensure she would have a happy future, she insists that only he can make her happy. Mika breaks up with Yū and finds Hiro in the hospital, diagnosed with cancer, with only three months left to live. Nozomu reveals Hiro's illness, and that he was asked by Hiro himself to watch over Mika.
The next year, she continues to move on from Hiro however, on the day of the baby's death, Mika finds Nozomu at the grave. On the day of the baby's death, Mika finds Hiro visiting the grave as per their promise. The two date, and Yū even prevents Mika's parents from divorcing. Although hurt, Mika meets a college student named Yū at a gōkon, who becomes sympathetic to her situation. Shortly after their second year in high school begins, Hiro begins to distance himself from Mika and breaks up with her. Despaired, Mika and Hiro build a grave for their baby and promise each other to come visit the memorial yearly on the day of the baby's death. After an altercation with Saki, the baby's birth ends in a miscarriage. Despite this, Mika is determined to have the baby. Hiro is thrilled by the news and both of them gain Hiro's parents' permission to raise the child together, although Mika's parents disapprove of the action. Mika later becomes pregnant after she and Hiro consummate in the school library. Hiro protects Mika from all of the bullying advances, but she assures him that she's not frightened from being with him. The horrific encounter ends with Hiro and his older sister Minako punishing both the men and Saki, but Mika continues to be harassed at school when Saki spreads rumors about her. Although Hiro reassures her that he broke up with her, Saki, who still is in love with Hiro, holds a vendetta against Mika and hires a group of men to rape her. The caller turns out to be Hiro, a delinquent-like boy that Mika is initially afraid of, who shows proof of his identity as the caller with a photo of the sky on his cellular phone.įrom her friends and through her first sexual encounter with Hiro, Mika learns that he had a girlfriend named Saki. Throughout the summer, Mika and the mysterious caller continue to communicate, and agree to meet each other once school starts again. During her freshman year in high school, Mika Tahara loses her cell phone, but later finds it in the school library with the help of an unknown caller.