Rin's route

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Act 1 ~ Life Expectancy

Hisao first encounters Rin on his third day while finding supplies for the student council. With her usual lack of tact Rin asks Hisao what his disability is, guessing it is "in his pants" causing a stunned Hisao to explain his arrhythmia, making Rin the first student to know about his condition. After receiving an ineffective scolding by Shizune for delaying her art project, Rin enlists Hisao's help in mixing the paints while she draws on the wall below the student dormitories. The following day Hisao finds himself helping Rin painting the mural once again, all the while struggling to deal with her eccentric personality and nonsensical conversation. Later, Emi drags Hisao to the roof for lunch where he encounters Rin again. The three converse and Emi invites Hisao to join them again for lunch in the future. While coming back from the convenience store with Lilly, Hisao encounters a confused Rin wandering around and the two bring her to school, where Rin suddenly realizes that she might not finish the mural in time due to her procrastination, and spends the whole night and the following day painting. She enlists the help of Emi and Hisao to provide what paints she needs. That same day, Hisao encounters the art teacher, Mr. Nomiya, who is bringing colleagues of his to the festival to view Rin's work. On a spur of the moment decision, Hisao decides to join the art club. The day of the festival, Hisao ends up spending the whole day with Rin beside her mural talking about how she feels about her project, which seems to be unsure. As the sun sets, Hisao falls asleep against the brick wall. After a while he is awakened by the sound of fireworks, and is surprised to find Rin sleeping while leaning against him. Eventually Rin wakes up as well. As they watch the fireworks, the two discuss the brevity of human life and Rin remarks on Hisao's cynicism.

Act 2 ~ Disconnect 

Act 2: Disconnect

The next day after class Emi accidentally bumps into Hisao again in which she was in a hurry to bring the papers to the teacher,before Emi leaves she offers Hisao to eat lunch on the rooftop again with Rin. Hisao makes it rooftop sees Rin lying on the rooftop watching the sky, and she reveals that she skips class just to experience the things she wants to do. Hisao then enters the art club room. To his surprise he finds Rin was opposite side of a blind boy that she was talking about then Nomiya announces the club members that Hisao will be their new club member, and tells everyone to begin there projects and choose a partner. Hisao asks Rin to be his partner, in which she agrees and the duo's start to draw a portrait of their partner. Hisao finishes his portrait of Rin, remarking how he is not much of an artist, disappointed. He states Rin's is seems to be perfect, and comments that he wishes to be good as her while looking at it. Rin remarks he seems to be gloomy looking. The next day after class, Rin asks if she can listen to his heartbeat, and Hisao comments that it should be private, to which Rin replies that she ate a orange for breakfast and that it is her favorite fruit. Rin asks Hisao as to why he has not smiled at all since coming to the school.Later on the Library Hisao had a little chat with Yuuko about his time in Yamaku was either refreshing or feels that he was stuck which Yuuko feels that she was now more reliable and joyfully on Hisao that they will meet each other again.

On The day of the track meet arrives and Hisao attends with Rin and meets Emi's Mother Meiko Ibarazaki.After introductions, (and teasing), the trio watch Emi run her events.During the second event Rin's feet began to thump as she was enthusiast on the race but replies that she only watch Emi at her Emiest as Rin's put it. Hisao begins to be amazed by Emi in the event, Meiko leaves before the final event. Hisao and Rin went together to congratulate Emi and invites Hisao to join her and Rin for a celebration later in the week.In the art club after Nomiya finishes his lecture on the class he ask Rin to help out Sae by giving her one of her Art causing a hesitant Rin to think about it.After Rin leaves the art room Hisao catches up asking about her problem. Rin decides to go somewhere and Hisao offers to come with her to which she agrees the duo's went to the forest and stop by to a large maple tree called the Worry Tree by Rin there she wallows up her misery to the tree and here Hisao does the same that he feels that he should change.On sunset the duo's return to their dorms but was interrupted by Kenji which he offers to visit his room anytime they want to about his feminine conspiracy and secretly gave them a password to enter (HONEYMUFFIN).The next day Hisao receives a letter from Iwanako,bringing official closure to the relationship that didn't even start Hisao mails a letter to her but no replies.In the art club Hisao had a chat with Rin during her work that she losing many words and thoughts that she knows as she paints and this is the proof of her existence and resolves that change scares her. Nomiya ask if Rin agrees to accept to work in the gallery to which Hisao supports the idea.

The afternoon of Hisao's picnic with Emi and Rin starts off bad with overcast sky Rin suggest that they should had a picnic while raining but Emi declines and decided to seek shelter at the shanghai where Hisao encounters with Yuuko and surprised that she also works as a waitress. After the trio enjoys at the Shanghai Emi begins to go back at her own during raining Hisao offers Rin to go back to school with him. Hisao begins to covers her and himself with his umbrella while the duo's walk together Rin argues about the rain that she feels it was connected to her art and everything around her,after they reach to school the two returns to their dorm for tomorrow. Hisao visits to the Nurse for his check up and mentioned that Emi got a cold for today,there Hisao arrives at the roof and began to watch the sky,while waiting Rin arrives and ask about why Emi wasn't here bringing lunch for them,to her surprise that she was sick.But unexpectedly Rin sneezes and Hisao help her wipe her nose with his handkerchief. While waiting for the school bell the duo's talk to each other about the school and living a normal life,there Rin complains that she should be afraid of herself when she changes and surprisingly hugs Hisao,Rin confesses that she was not very good at hugging cause one time Emi hugs her and got surprised ending up kicking her stomach,after the hug Rin offers Hisao to visit someplace if they had time.After class Hisao and Emi finally got together and on her way visit Rin to bring her a cold medicine cause she got sick.

2 Days later a nervous Hisao decide to visit Rin in her room,surprisingly after managing finding her room Hisao knocks the her door and Rin answers the door appearing on him with a almost any clothes on there Rin was surprise that nobody visits her before who is not Emi,After the non-essential chat Hisao wanted to tell her that he is going to change and apologize for saying stupid things Rin also apologize too for saying stupid thing too and returns to bed their Rin ask Hisao that he likes to see girls sleeping and tells to stay but Hisao told her that he had homework to do and begins to leave her room. Rin jumps out of her bed and escorting him out of her room there Rin kisses Hisao and returns to bed Hisao tuck her up and leaves.The next day Hisao bumped into Rin again and ask if she remember what happen last last but Rin can't recall it however Rin offers Hisao to visit a place that she had promise to him to which Hisao agrees.The duo's began to walk to the forest and pass the worry tree and stopped by in the valley where there are sea of dandelions there Rin literally outburst and thought that Hisao was upset but he calms her down. Rin reveals that she can't understand people cause there like jellyfish to her and confesses that she never had friends(despite Emi is with her)but Hisao really wanted to became her friend and they began to spend together until sunset Hisao decided to either quit or continue in the art club. Rin finally decided to accept to work in Sae's gallery, while the duo's returning to their dorms Hisao feels that their friendship is about to put to the test that the distance between them is in his grasp.

Act 3 ~ Distance

Act 3: Distance

One day during class,Mutou Lecture Hisao and scold him for sleeping in class,then after class he stop by at the art club seeing Rin talking to Nomiya that she decided to work at the gallery for Sae causing a joyful Nomiya to grab his cellphone in order to call Sae and bringing the two at the 22nd Corner Art Gallery.There they meet the gallery owner Sae. Nomiya privately talk to her then he agrees to make Rin work at art gallery.Next day Nomiya manages to convince the principal that Rin will no longer attends to class while still maintaining that she will be still as a student at the Yamaku. Hisao waits for Rin but didn't show up at the hallway so he's goes at her class there he saw Rin sleeps at the last day of her class,while waiting for her to wake up she begins to shed tears believing that she was dreaming,However when she woke up she said that the reason she cries is that she learned to,while the duo are at the the stairs she said to Hisao that she's gonna change.On a Hot day another chat for Emi she was really mad because Rin told her to stay away from her for a while, causing Rin to be isolated from her only friend,after the chat Hisao would either continue at the art club or go to the library,Hisao decides to confess his feelings for her when he visits.

One day Hisao takes a long ride on the bus to visit Rin at the atelier on the top of the gallery building where he waits for her to go talk to him,after waiting Hisao confesses to Rin that he liked her romantically but she declines however she ask if he will come tomorrow.Second day Hisao arbitrary visits Rin again ,where she begins to ask him if he was her friends.Days pass Hisao visits her regularly after class with nothing but akward silence everytime he visits her at the atelier,one day he tries to visiting her again but this time he stops by first at the local convenient store to buy some oranges before hitching a ride in the bus.After arriving at the atelier Hisao manage to tempt Rin to take a break in order to ensure her health.The next day Hisao finds Sae and Rin outside at the gallery where they chat about Rin's progress to which that she can't make a dent yet but Sae cheers her up,Rin ask her that if she can have some cigarettes causing a shocked Sae to mechanically give some to her along with a lighter and begs not to tell the teacher.At the atelier Rin tells Hisao that she can't make any progress even her old techniques won't work anymore deciding that she should destroy herself in order to begin her progress by smoking there she begins to pick up one cigarette with her mouth,then they began to share cigarette one by one but still wasn't enough so Hisao decides to take a walk with Rin,after they take a trip in town Rin tells Hisao that he should not come visit her causing a stunned Hisao to confess about the painful distance between them and Rin tells him that he can touch her so he would feel better,there he touch Rin in the cheeks and they say their goodbye.

Next day after class Hisao disobediently goes to the gallery where they had a chat with Nomiya and Sae. Night falls, and Nomiya offers Hisao to drive back home but interrupted by Sae however Hisao would decline the teachers offer anyway.At the atelier Hisao got shocked when he saw Rin who was literally overwhelmed from the progress she could even finished.Hisao embraces her in order to calm her down.Unexpectedly Rin ask Hisao to comfort her to which he agrees but stated that this was not what friends should do Rin replies that they can't be friends for a while there Hisao begins to comfort her,afterwards Rin worries that why he came for her and Hisao resolves that he didn't want to lose her.In the morning before class starts Hisao interpret last night and ask why this art was so important to her to which Rin can't explain cause he would even understand but Hisao acknowledges that he will understand then Rin wanted to do she wants causing Hisao to get enraged cause her decision was too unhealthy for her and isolating her from everyone,Hisao returns to Yamaku with disappointment.

Bad Ending

Hisao demands that Rin explain what he is to her, and she struggles to do so. He becomes angry, feeling used, believing she is treating him as nothing more than a muse, and begins to get angrier by the minute. He gets through to her, although not in the way he intended, causing her to stumble trying to offer an explanation, and realizing that she cannot. She demands that he leave, and he does so, returning to his room. He contemplates the strange change that has emerged in their relationship, unable to decide if this change is in him, or in her. Before lying on his bed, he looks at his watch, noting that it is 3:30 am. He considers how dependable it has been, always "knowing more about what is going on than I do." He looks at the medications lying on his desk, considering how much he will have to depend on these, and considers the time that stretches out before him, before removing the watch. Before fading to sleep, he notes how much time he wasted chasing things out of his reach.

Act 4 ~ Dream

Act 4: Dream

While in class, Hisao feels frustrated back at the atelier.Afterwards he goes to the art club meeting so he can talk to Nomiya. Four days pass with Hisao finishing his exams then on the 5th day Nomiya invites him in the gallery that he cannot say no as long as he doesn't discuss anything about Rin. The next day Hisao bumps into Rin while on his way to his dorm. He questions her in anger why she was here and ask that she should be prepared on the exhibition,after entering to his room Rin rudely enters Hisao's room and sits on his bed,where he decides to lean on his desk waiting for her to speak suddenly Rin stands up and desperately begs that she needs him,causing a furious Hisao to jump and ask why she needs him for.But Rin returns asking non essential question like why does he draw a pattern in his dusty desktop and search a word for it,but Hisao backfires furiously asking why she needs him if she was just toying his mind.A desperate Rin answers that she needs to paint,this causes Hisao to feel that he was treated noting more than a muse but then Rin answers that she has can't do anything besides art,Hisao tells her that she never explains everything and demands an answer.

Unexpectedly a frustrated Rin demand him to leave only realizing that she was on his room then Rin leaves. Hisao realize that she really needs him and he just threw it away,in guilt he bumps his head twice.On the night Hisao went for the exibition to apologize Rin that he had said on her,inside Sae invited some guest to look at Rin's work to which impresses them.There Hisao Encounters Emi to which she attend in order to see and congratulates Rin for her work of art.Together they finally met Rin with Nomiya both Hisao and Emi congratulates her but Rin is still oblivious to Hisao and not to Emi. After Sae introduced the guests to Rin there the guest begin to ask multiple questions on Rin to which overwhelms her to the point she ends up sitting between her legs.She starts to exits to the gallery escorted by Hisao there he ask what's her problem and tells her to return inside,Rin declines it cause she wanted someone that doesn't asking questions at her.

Good Ending

Hisao answers Rin that if she find that person then what will be the outcome for her.Then Rin realized that she make a mistake accepting the exhibition and runs off back to school. Hisao tries to stop her from running away but failed,then he returns to the gallery where Nomiya worries about her and learns that she had run away causing him to go outrage on her but Sae calms him down believing it's just a stage fright. Emi tells Hisao that they should go find her and Kick her ass but Hisao resolves that it's best to leave her alone for unfazed the duo's decided to go back home for the tomorrow's exams.

The next day after Hisao easily finishes his exams Nomiya enters his class and urgently ask Mutou that he needs to talk to Hisao. After they come out of the class Nomiya ask Hisao where Rin is hiding however Hisao doesn't know where she is right now causing Nomiya to be worried even more.Then Hisao ask Nomiya that why he pushes Rin do the exhibition which Nomiya replies that it was a mentors job and never wanted to see her talents go to waste,but Nomiya was happy for her that the guest was interest in her work causing some of her art is even now been sold then he ask that if he founds Rin he should bring her to his office. Hisao ponders and finds out that Rin was hiding in her old class room there he finds her and tells her that Nomiya was looking for her but Rin ask if he also was looking for her Hisao replies that he already did.Then Hisao asking Rin whats wrong,but Rin is trying to dodge the question and doesn't want to explain. Hisao tells her that Sae and Nomiya are not happy about what happen cause she just threw everything she work for and runs away from the exhibition. There Hisao ask that why she paints,Rin answers that there is no any other way for her left to do. Hisao tries to ask her that why she paints to which Rin replies that she was an artist then Hisao suspiciously tries to make her about what Sae and Nomiya said about a true artist,Rin reveals that the reason she paints is to express her feelings so that she won't be lonely However Hisao confesses that he hated art and art is just to be comprehend and not to understand but ends up changing the subject by telling Rin to apologize to Nomiya.

After they reach to the art class Rin enters and Hisao waits outside then Nomiya argues Rin that why she just run off but replies that she couldn't say anything. Nomiya furiously tells Rin that she embarrassed not just him and Sae but all the other guest and lectures her that an artist path was thorny but Rin unsuccessfully resolves her problem causing Nomiya to outburst and expecting that Rin throw her artistic talents for nothing then departs. Rin talks to Hisao that her apology did not recieve well.When Hisao begins to ask Rin she demands him to leave believing that Hisao failed her as a friend the way Nomiya does but Hisao confronts her telling her that Nomiya was forcing her to be someone than herself and confesses that the reason that he gets angry at her as well is to become someone for her more than a friend.Then Rin became confused upon every time someone do that she never ask and begins to get angry and finally no longer had any idea what's going on with her Hisao then tells that she should either accept it or give up for the things that she did wrong causing Rin to burst to tears. Rin reveals that the reason she paints so that she can express her feelings to others so that she won't be alone but ends up that she cannot use art as a conduit to express it this was because others can't see the way Rin does.After Rin feels better Hisao escorts her to her dorms then during their way across downstairs Rin says 'i think i had to change'.

On the next day Hisao was awakened by the heavy rain outside while waiting for the rain to stop he pack his stuff and take a shower then unexpectedly he hears a loud bump from his door hoping it was not Kenji but ends up seeing Rin right in front of him where she was soaked wet from the downpour during she was walking that she never saw it's going to rain. Rin ask Hisao that she needs him to get dry but Hisao ask that Emi should do it but Rin replies that she left and tells him that he was not a fussy type then hesitantly Hisao invites her to his room to help her get dried from the rain but ends up that Rin wanted to be comforted again,after they are done their feelings for each other are now finally been shared. Hisao stated that this was not friends should do again Rin ask that they can stop being friends to which Hisao still declines then Hisao apologizes that he yells at her but Rin resolves that he should let it go and proceed to had sex but was interrupted when Rin ask that is it that she will never be alone cause Hisao was here for her to help her get dry up from the rain,then they continue.After waking up Rin invites him to go somewhere with her then impatiently ask to dressed her up during Hisao helping her get dressed she starts to speak backwards and stated that Emi is better than this but stated that her chest is the same size has his,then after helping her get dressed Rin starts running to the forest Hisao follows her up to where the sea of dandelions that where now shedding seeds.

Rin ask Hisao that do he loves her to which Hisao's reply that he doesn't know the same answer as Rin then confesses that she loves Hisao but then also confesses that she was afraid of Hisao to which she respond that she wanted to runaway form it and ask if this happens to him to which Hisao pinpoint that it's compared to his life before attending at the Yamaku. Afterward he calls Rin stupid and they kissed suddenly Rin confesses to him that she was afraid from his kindness but overcomes it. After Hisao gently blows one dandelion he ask Rin about did she became a true artist or not but Rin replies that it doesn't matter and starts cloud-gazing together,Rin finally decided that she should be herself and begins raising her short arms Hisao joins too.The story ends when Rin ask Hisao that what's the right word that she was searching for.

Neutral Ending

If Hisao tells Rin that she should be happy that everyone likes her art and ask questions for it Rin becomes upset and returns to the gallery surprising Nomiya that nothing is wrong about her.The Next Day After Hisao easily finishes his exam and returns to his room he tries to visit Rin but she was not on her dorm causing him to wait for the next day.When Hisao tries to visit Rin again he ends up meeting Emi she tells him that she is back at the gallery. Hisao goes to the gallery and meet up with Nomiya and Sae and saw one of Rin's work even some had already been sold then Sae told Hisao about the story of two friends (Picasso and Cicasso) then Rin appears and run outside Hisao follows and covers her from the rain with his umbrella then the duo's start walking together then after the rain stops Rin moves away from Hisao and tells him that she looks for someone that can understand her.But Hisao cynically responds that it doesn't matter that if someone can see the way she feels and people are always alone causing Rin to get upset even more and decides to accept a scholarship in Tokyo leaving Yamaku for good. Rin hugs Hisao and tells him that she can hug someone on her own and pursue to became an artist Rin tells Hisao to forget about her for now on.Then Rin walks away from Hisao for good.