She has learned a lot about people in a different culture, as well as computer science. She sometimes thinks about Japan, her family and Hiroshi. She tries to forget the things with him, but it will take some more time. Jake escorts her to the weekend party held at the college cafeteria. He behaves like a gentleman and treats her politely.
American boys know very well how to please girls.
Walking along the narrow path with him on the campus after the party, they come across a great number of the green lights flickering around the campus lawn. Their flickering lights are the signals of communication. Communication of love. My grand mother recited this poem many times when I was a child. We Japanese love their fleeting lives in this world.