Here we go:

1987 was the year of Evan more change, first of all Kaoris old boarder duties had begun to wane as East Germany was opening itself to the world, thus Kaori spent a lot of time in the East German musical band, she managed to play the violin with her other hand and use the paralysed hand as a rest for the violin. It was difficult at first, but Kaori got used to it and became as good as she was when she was playing with Kōusei.

Food became more scarce then usual, Kaori had to queue for a loaf of bread which would take 2 hours or evan more sometimes. Kaori was starting to long to come back.

The good news was that Kaori was fastracked to promotion to Major and had command of an entire unit, the bad news was that it was a few years too late and now it was felt like it was just another rank with some importance, but the state collapsing around them, only what the future held for everyone is what only matters anymore.

By summer Kaori was watching as the media became less restricted, Gorbachev had managed to influence many Warsaw Pact nations to relax media restrictions (except Romania) which meant Kaori could listen to classical music ranging from Beethoven to Capriccio to Wagner, which made her feel happy and a want to come back to the present, to be with Kōusei and go on a journey with him.

There was only 2 years until it was possible

Meanwhile in the present day

October had come and gone like evrey month for Kōusei, it was full of recitals for his music school as well as time spent with Tsubaki and Watari which were times that Kōusei would always look forward to, Kōusei went various places with Tsubaki and Watari such as the cinema and the arcade.

Kaoris parents Yoshiyuki and Ryouko were preparing for the new baby, they decided to use some of Kaoris old baby stuff that they kept as mementos as well as stuff that Kōusei, Watari, Tsubaki, Hiroko and Evan Takashi and Emi donated. They were planning a baby shower very soon around January or February time with everyone can attend.

They didn't know that Kaori would be able to attend, nor did they know she would be back for Christmas time.