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,on the way they bumped into 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 yesterday but Rin can't recall it however Rin remembers that she will bring Hisao to someplace 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 making Rin happy and confesses that her only friends where pencils,paints and papers cause she's not good at words and Hisao resloves that she just forgets any words she knew causing Rin smiles at him,then they began to spend together until sunset Hisao decided to either quit or continue in the art club. Rin finally decided to accept and determined 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

Hisao manages to reach class in time,feeling self loathed back at the atelier,Hisao decides to talk to Nomiya after class to argue about Rin only recieves an invitation to the exibition to which he agrees to attend (uhappily).Five Days pass a brooding Hisao is been pestered by Nomiya again,that he should attend in the exibition to which he agrees(again) as long as he doesn't discuss anything about Rin.

Next Day before the exibition Hisao encouters Rin on his way his Room angrily asking why she was here instead of preparing for tomorrow,her answer motivates him to go back to his room however Rin(uninvited) follows and sits on Hisao's bed then he waits for Rin to talk,she stands up and tell him that It was a bad idea.Maybe you should forget about it,and i will too.Aburptly Rin begs that she needs him but Hisao demands an answer is that what she needs him for just to toy his mind,Rin told him that she just needed to paint causing Hisao to feel that he was treated nothing more than a muse.Hisao Demands an explanation cause she never explains everything.

Unexpectedly a frustrated Rin demand him to leave only realizing that she was on his room then Rin leaves. Hisao realize that he was the one who encourage Rin to do the exibition breaking their friendship,in guilt he bumps his head twice.On the night Hisao went for the exibition to apologize Rin to what happen yesterday inside Sae invited some guest to look at Rin's work to which amazes upon Rin's work,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,Rin ignores Hisao in latter end.After Sae introduced the guests to Rin they begin to ask multiple questions on Rin to which she can't understands but multiple questions keeps on going overwhelming her to the point she ends up sitting between her legs.Hisao escorts her outside in order to calm down,Hisao tells her that she should go back inside but Rin refuses to because she only needs a person that never ask questions at her.

Good Ending

Hisao answers Rin,questioning what will happen if she finds that person.Rin then realizes that she made a mistake in accepting the exhibition and runs back off to school.Hisao attempts to stop her but fails.He then returns to the gallery where he meets a worried Nomiya.Nomiya is outraged when he learns that Rin has run away but is quickly calmed down by Sae who believes Rin is just suffering from stage fright.Emi suggests that she and Hisao should go find her and "kick her ass", but Hisao decides that it would be best to leave her alone for now.The two then return to the dorms to prepare for the next day's exams.

Hisao finishes his exams the next day with ease.Afterwards he is greeted by Nomiya who enters his class requesting urgently to speak with him.After leaving the classroom,Hisao learns that Rin has been hiding ever since the other day.When questioned however,Hisao replies that he doesn't know where Rin has gone which causes Nomiya to become worried.Hisao then asks Nomiya why he pushes Rin so hard to do the exhibition, to which the art teacher explains it was his duty as a mentor and that he didn't want to see her talents go to waste.However, he also explains that he was happy for her when people expressed interest in her work, with even a piece at the exhibition being sold for a reasonable price.Before leaving, Nomiya tells Hisao to let Rin know to come and see him should Hisao be able to find her.

As Nomiya rounds the corner to leave Hisao ponders where Rin may be, noting that that the girl most likely has dozens of her "secret places" that she may be hiding in.After a few moments of deciding whether or not to persist in looking for her or giving up for good, Hisao sees that the disused classroom is nearby.Going inside, he finds Rin standing in the middle of the sunlit classroom by herself while staring into the yard through the curtains.Hisao greets her, but Rin only answers with a cryptic expression and silence.Hisao then informs Rin that Nomiya has been looking for her.Rin responds by asking if Hisao himself was also looking for her, but Hisao tells her he already has.She then asks him if he really did find her, to which Hisao wonders whether or not she was being serious.He then asks her if she is speaking metaphorically now,to which she admits that she is "bad at talking like that."

Hisao then takes a seat in the old classroom and the two of them stay together in silence for a few moments while Hisao ponders what he should say,noting how surprised he is that Rin is actually troubled by something.He admits to himself that he is probably part of the reason why Rin is so bothered, although he quickly resolves that he should help her rather than leave her alone.Hisao then tries to ask Rin what is wrong.However,Rin dodges the question and refuses to explain.After some partial reconciling between the two, Hisao explains to her that Sae and Nomiya are unhappy with what has happened and believe Rin is throwing away everything she has been working for by running away from the exhibition.As Hisao reprimands her, he makes note of the distance that has grown between them.Rin then admits that she couldn't do it, refusing to explain further when asked by Hisao.He then asks Rin for the reason as to why she paints, to which she answers that it is the only thing she knows how to do.As their conversation continues, Hisao comes to realize how his new life at the school had made him forget about his old one.  Hisao tells Rin that a true artist paints because they must, quoting Sae. Rin responds to by asking Hisao if she really is an artist, before admitting that she doesn't really know if she is one yet.She then tells him that she wishes for someone to see her for what's inside, in the way that wouldn't make her feel alone.  However, Hisao explains that she may not have her wish granted as he believes that art is meant to be interpreted rather than understood to which Rin replies is a sad thought.

After reaching the art class Hisao waits outside as Rin enters 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 at her 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.Hisao told her that she just can't use art in order to understand her it's just that they can't see it the way she see,afterwards 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 first day of summer vacation Hisao was awakened from the heavy rain outside disappointed,while waiting for the rain to stop he hears a loud bump from his door hoping will not be Kenji.Upon opening the door he was surprised that Rin visited him again and was soaking wet.After a short greeting Hisao tells her that she was wet,to which Rin tells him that she was on a walk but never noticed it'll rain soon.Rin tells Hisao that she needs his help to get her dried up,but Hisao ask about Emi but Rin told him that she left,also she didn't want to see her fussing which will take longer,she then tells him that he was not the fussing kind.Hisao then prepares a towel and his own uniform for Rin,hesitantly Hisao unbuttons her shirt revealing her degenerated arms.He then removes her pants as well,as he tries to dry her ankles at some point Hisao comforts her one more time.The two now engages but Hisao once more that this wasn't what friends should do to which Rin responds that he has to stop being her friend to which Hisao declines,but Rin tells her that it's alright if he did.Hisao tries to apologize for yelling at her,but Rin tells Hisao that he should let it go,the two proceed to had sex but was shortly interrrputed when Rin ask is this why that she won't be alone anymore to which Hisao responds that someone will help her get dried up from the rain meaning she was not alone if someone is there for her.His answer promotes them to continue.

Hisao wakes up on the morning,Rin invites him to go somewhere before impatiently waits to get dressed up,Rin tells Hisao that Emi is better at this but he explains to her that she was a girl,but Rin answers that she just has the same chest size as Hisao.After he finishes Rin begans to run off as Hisao follows her to the valley where the sea of dandelions now shedding seeds.

Rin begans to ask Hisao that did he love her to which Hisao can't answer Rin also didn't know either,but akwardly Rin say's to HisaoI love you",as Rin tries to explain she tearfully tells that she was afraid of Hisao as she wanted to runaway from it but can't.Hisao questions that why Rin was afraid of him,she responds that he make her feel that she should be someone more than herself,Hisao then calls Rin stupid before he kisses her his heart begans to murmur but manages to calm down,Rin then explains that she was afraid of his kindness but overcomes it in the end.Hisao gently blew a dandelion and begans to question Rin that whether or not that she had became an artist,but Rin thinks that it won't matter and just wanted to cloudgazing for today,Rin decided that it's alright to be herself for now,The story ends when Rin ask HisaoWhat's the Right word for when it feels inside your heart that everything in the world is alright?

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.