To Dad and to Someone in Memory - Sumino Yoru

Fuyumi hates her own mediocrity, and lives by her belief that "a life without anything is boring". She claims that "if life is going to stay as tedious as it is, then I'd rather die dramatically", which causes her to quarrel with her father, Haruki, over their clashing beliefs about death. That night, when she's brushing her teeth, she sees her father calling a young woman and promising to meet her, which leads Fuyumi to suspect he's having an affair. Fuyumi sneaks out the next day along with her childhood friend Anzu to the place where her father and the woman are meeting, and the two follow them to a graveyard. They overhear the young woman telling Fuyumi's father that he should tell her about the "irreplaceable person in his life", which causes Fuyumi to exclaim and emerge from where she's hiding, confronting her father about her theory of him having an affair. Haruki then finally explains the situation, revealing that the young woman is Ryoka Yamauchi, the daughter of the older brother of someone Haruki knew. He then tells the story of this someone, Sakura Yamauchi, and the time they spent together. Fuyumi thinks his tale is extraordinary. Moved, she declares she will live, and she will live to be happy, as, if she does this, then life won't be boring at all.