Chapter 6 Summary - Sundays (September 1971)

The first week of September had been unusually cool, but on the Sunday morning regardless, Yuki leaves the house, where her father and stepmother were eating breakfast, and goes to the park to meet Sachiko. The second term of school had started the week before and soon Yuki would be running in cross-country meets every Sunday. Her coach had told her not to run on weekends, that weekday training was enough, but Yuki didn'tdid not care. She thought that Sachiko's coach had probably told her the same thing and as she waits in the park for Sachiko to arrive thinks of how she can tell her that they should continue to meet.

Sachiko arrives and they set off out the park and up the steep gradients offered by the surrounding roads. While running, they talk. Sachiko tells Yuki...