- [Kitsune shows Keitaro Naru's letter to Seta.]
- Keitarou Urashima: Why should I read that? What good would it do now?
- Shinobu Maehara: Mr. Urashima...
- Keitarou Urashima: I do want to!
- [Swats the letter from Kitsune's hands, and Shinobu picks it up.]
- Shinobu Maehara: [Reading letter.] "Mr. Seta, thank you for all you've done for me over the years. Today, I have something very special that I must profess to you."
- Keitarou Urashima: Stop it, Shinobu.
- Shinobu Maehara: [Continues reading.] "Mr. Seta, ever since I was in high school, I had loved you. But I now believe that those feelings were childish adoration. I was so desperate to be loved by others, that I was content to have someone be kind to me. I have now come to realize that being loved is not as important as loving another. And so, I am now in..."
- [Starts weeping.]
- Mitsune Konno: Do you get it now?
- Shinobu Maehara: Mr. Urashima, you only have until midnight today. Christmas Eve this year... is special. So you have to hurry.
- [Keitaro leaves.]
- Shinobu Maehara: Ms. Kitsune, I'm a horrible girl.
- Mitsune Konno: You're a good kid.