A couple of days passed and everyday Naoki came to see Kotoko, to give her a "check up". In reality, he just wanted to see her smiling face, because every time he came in she would give him a warm smile. Some of her nursing friends came by from time to time to visit her and chat, being very careful not to give too much information. Her friends from school came by; even Matsumoto Yuuko stopped by all hoping they could jog her memory.

Her test results came back all positive as well, so medically speaking she should make a full recovery. Kotoko's dad came by everyday as well. He brought over her photo albums so that she can look at them when she was feeling lonely (and also hoping that it would help her remember).

Days went by and ever so often she would look at one album at a time. It bothered her that she had so many memories and could not remember any of it. At the same time, she was feeling relieved as if a weight had been lifted from her. Looking at the albums, she grew up without a mother, so she had no memories of her anyways.

It's been two weeks since she woke up and it was time to leave the hospital. She herself did not know where she was going to stay. Jinko did offer her a place to stay, but Kotoko didn't feel comfortable. Naoki didn't know how to ask her to stay at the house, especially when he hasn't told her they are married.

He walked in the room and she was dressed and packing. "Do you need any help?" walking towards her.

"No, I'm fine thank you." She replied.

Naoki sat there watching her as she moved around making sure she didn't leave anything.

"Do you know where you will be staying?" he asked.

She turned around, "I suppose I should stay with my dad until I get everything figured out, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I've been thinking that maybe its best if I get a job, save up and move out so that I don't burden him. It must be hard to take care of a daughter who doesn't remember you… and I also thought that maybe I want to travel if I could. So maybe I'll try to study overseas."

Naoki sat there quiet and shocked this was not the same Kotoko that he remembered at all. He knew the probability of having amnesia was very high, but to have a complete change in personality. Then he thought to himself, "Wait, uncle lives with us… how are we going to explain this to her when she walks in, especially when mom hasn't seen her since she woke up?"

"Irie-sensei, Irie-sensei…" Kotoko waved her hand in front of his face. "Are you feeling OK?" She was so close to him, he wanted to kiss her and hold her, it's been months since they've slept together and he was getting very frustrated.

"I'm OK."

She put her hand on his head to check his temperature, "Sensei, you seem a bit warm, make sure to take some medicine when you get home", she said with a smile.

Just then her dad came in, "Kotoko, I've come to take you home. Sensei may I speak to you outside? We'll just be a minute Kotoko, wait here." She sat back down on the bed and the two went outside.

"Naoki, I know this is hard, and I've already talked to your ma. We've made arrangements to have her in a separate room we think this is best for while. You haven't even told her you two are married, how will she react when she goes back only to find out that you two are married and that you both sleep in the same room? We know she doesn't know anything, but I think it will be easier for her when she's finally home. We will explain about living there when we get there and let her know before you get home that you also live there."

Naoki knew what he meant, "OK, I understand."

"We've already moved her stuff out of the room and made one of the extra rooms her room." He patted him on the shoulder and walked back into to the room. "Kotoko it's time to go."

Kotoko grabbed her bag and turned to Naoki, "Thank you sensei for taking care of me all this time." She bowed and they walked away.

Naoki sat in the room not knowing to what to think. He's confused and doesn't know what to do. "Be calm Naoki, think." He thought to himself. He knew that it wasn't going to be easy living under the same roof, but separately, and how were they going to explain to her the living situation?