The Distance Between Us

The Distance Between Us is one of the two possible second episodes in the visual novel, the other being True Feelings and happens directly after Confession. This episode is achieved when Makoto acts more positively towards Kotonoha than Sekai, which eventually leads to her kissing Makoto at the train station.

Plot
The episode starts with Sekai depressed in her room, presumably the same evening as when she kissed Makoto. She receives an email from Kotonoha outlining her date with Makoto. The next day, Makoto can either ask why Sekai kissed him, to which she will say she just felt like teasing him a little, or decide to ignore it. After class, Sekai tells Makoto that he has to start eating lunch alone with Kotonoha. Makoto can either make Sekai come or not.

Sekai comes
If Sekai comes, Makoto will ignore Kotonoha and talk mostly to Sekai, unaware of it himself. He can either agree that they're getting along or not. After lunch during class, Sekai tells Makoto of this and also tells him to apologize. Makoto then goes and can ask Kotonoha if lunch was boring for her and explain what happened. Kotonoha will then say it's something else but will be pulled away to her student rep meeting. If he simply says that he's sorry, there'll be a misunderstanding with Kotonoha thinking Makoto broke up with her.

The next day, if Makoto asked if lunch was boring, he'll run into Kotonoha after the train ride and make up with her and get on first name terms. He's then given discount coupons to the movies by Sekai and invites Kotonoha to the movies during lunch.

If, however, Makoto apologized without any context, Kotonoha will think that he broke up with her and avoid him on the train ride. At school, Sekai says she stayed up all listening to the radio while Makoto foolishly thinks everything is okay with Kotonoha. During lunch, Sekai asks if it's okay for her to sleep on his shoulder. If Makoto says yes, Kotonoha comes sees it and then leaves, thinking she'd be intruding. During P.E., Sekai clears up everything with her. Later, Sekai and everyone else is at PureBurger when she sees Makoto and Kotonoha waiting for the trains together. She's then shown home depressed and receives a thank you email from Makoto. The next day, Makoto runs into Kotonoha before school and gets on first name terms with her. He's then given discount coupons to the movies by Sekai and then invites Kotonoha to the movies during lunch.

Sekai Doesn't come
If Sekai doesn't come, Makoto and Kotonoha will talk a little, and she will try to ask Makoto to call her by her first name but fails. Makoto thinks about it, and Ko is the only thing she said. He goes to her before the student rep meeting but doesn't get an answer before she's pulled into her student rep meeting. The next day, he runs into her after the train ride before school and make up with her and gets on first name terms. He's then given discount coupons to the movies and then invites Kotonoha to the movies during lunch.

Both small routes converge here.

At home, Makoto asks Sekai for advice on which movie to pick, but Sekai doesn't give him any, only saying she would like Fighting Nemo even though it's for children. She then says the movie itself doesn't matter, but the fact that he's seeing one with Kotonoha and might be able to make the relationship physical. There are five movies to pick, but they're all here for variety and don't make a difference: Silmaril, Triangle Love, Fighting Nemo, a horror movie, and a porn movie. If Makoto picks the porn movie, they can't see it because it's not open to students, and Makoto will choose Fighting Nemo instead. If Makoto picks Triangle Love, he won't try to hold her hand during the movie because of its story, but in all the other movies, he will. During the train ride home, he tries to kiss her but gets slapped in the face. The next day, he talks with Sekai about what happened, and Sekai assures him that it's because Kotonoha is shy and she loves him. He asks to see Kotonoha after class, but she says she has a student rep meeting. Makoto says he'll be waiting by the train station. Kotonoha tries to go home by bus to avoid Makoto but is encouraged by Sekai to go see him. At the train station, Makoto promises not to do anything that Kotonoha doesn't want, but Kotonoha kisses him. Sekai looks from afar and says, "Isn't that nice..."