Episode Title:
Hearts & Diamonds.
Episode Description:
Coach Kido announces that he has decided to make Ryo the team captain. She learns that Hiroki's birthday is coming up and decides to make him a present. Meanwhile, Hikaru finds Sheishiro drawing pictures of Ryo. He wants to use her as a model but is afraid to ask and so Hikaru tells him to go for it. Ryo laughs at him when he tells her thinking that he should use another of the girls on the team that is better looking like Toko or Seira. She gives Hiroki his present. Hiroki sneaks out with Izumi and they have their annual birthday picnic together where she tries to tell Hiroki that she wants him to think of her as more than just a "little sister". When they walk home, he opens Ryo's present in front of her and, when he reads the note, he runs off. He finds Ryo and, after a discussion, tells her that he has feelings for her. He gives her his junior high medal that he's used as a good luck charm.
