As the Familia crew enjoys their New Year's dinners from Chiyoda Diner, Hayato announces his decision to quit college and officially take over Familia. Ouka follows his announcement with one of her own.

Hayato notices that Akane seems down, and suspects she's planning to quit. When he asks her about it, she responds with a defeated look, so he asks her to teach him how his grandma made coffee. His coldness makes Akane wonder what "family" truly is.

Hayato and Shiragiku are trying to come up with new menu items for fall. As they're discussing ideas with the neighborhood shop owners, the fishmonger brings up a memory of Hayato's grandma that he didn't know about...

The Familia crew visits a bathhouse while their bathtub at home is broken. The wagashi shop owner happens to be there, and she asks the girls how they feel about Hayato, prompting some of them to face their feelings.

Beach hut business is booming, and Hayato feels like the girls are finally communicating more openly with him. But then a TV crew shows up, and the director seems to know Riho, revealing a past she hadn't told any of the Familia gang about.

Summer has begun, and Hayato decides to open a beach hut to draw more attention to Familia. Its opening day is surprisingly busy, and Riho seems to be working harder than usual to keep up...

A week after Familia's reopening, business is slowing down, so Hayato decides to run a stall at the local Cherry Blossom Festival with new menu items for spring to attract new customers. Everything goes great until some guys try to hit on Ouka...

Riho is working the café floor alone on busy days and planning promotions at night, leading Hayato to wonder if she's working too hard. Later, on the café's day off, Hayato happens to see Akane's band performing while he's buying supplies in town.

Upon learning of his grandma's death, Hayato returns to the café she ran for the first time in years. He plans to shut it down, but finds five girls who formerly worked at Familia living there, and they're determined to save it from demolition...

As Familia is about to reopen, Riho tells Hayato that he needs to get along better with Ouka. He tries hard to make amends with her and repeatedly fails, but her reaction changes when he compliments the waitress uniforms she made...

Hayato decides to reopen his late grandma's café. He begins cohabiting with the five girls who worked there part-time, but naturally, things get off to a rocky start in both the home and the business.

Café Restaurant Family reopens as Chiyoda Diner, and the Familia crew are among the first to sample its Japanese-style cuisine. As they're leaving, Ririka gives Riho a ticket for two to a hot spring inn. Will Riho finally get some alone time with Hayato?

Riho gets an offer to appear in a drama. While she's away filming, a man dressed in all black and sunglasses enters Familia and waits alone for six hours. Suspicious, Ami tries to drive him away, but then Riho returns and takes a look at the stranger...

Ami decides to stay with her grandma, so the rest of the Familia crew stays a second night in an old inn that looks more like a haunted house. Hayato just wants to sleep, but the girls aren't going to make it easy for him...