They hail a taxi and head for Worm's house. They have sex in a public park at night, but stop to run away from a policeman.

Worm and Kirarin notice the police presence, and decide to leave the area.

She anonymously informs the police of Worm and Kirarin's location. Terauchi is the first and only one of the group to aid this search. Police are searching for Worm and Kirarin, and they are labelled runaways. Terauchi refuses at first, but agrees after Worm threatens to harm Kirarin. After learning that the girls regard Terauchi as the smartest amongst them, Worm calls her and demands that she ghostwrite something for him. He begins to grow concerned about his legacy. Worm's matricide dominates the news cycle. Her friends call her, worried, but Kirarin assures them that everything is alright. He makes sexual advances on Kirarin, but she rejects him. Kirarin pays for a love hotel, where the two spend the night. She is initially willing to go with him, but when she later appears hesitant, Worm threatens her with a knife. Worm calls Kirarin, and invites her to meet him at a train station. Yuzan provides Worm with a bicycle and a cell phone to aid his getaway. They question Toshi, but she resolves not to tell them anything. Meanwhile, police suspect Worm of matricide. Toshi suspects that Worm has stolen her belongings. She learns from her friends that a boy has been answering her phone, and making calls from it. Toshi mentions the loud sound she heard, and Worm tells her she must be mistaken.Īfter leaving cram school, Toshi discovers that her bike and mobile phone have gone missing. He speaks to her for the first time, commenting on the hot weather. She sees Worm, who looks uncharacteristically happy. Soon after, Toshi leaves for cram school on her bicycle. She convinces Toshi to ignore the crashes, stating that it's not their concern. Terauchi suggests that it might be a fight between the wife and husband. She hears loud crashes coming from Worm's house, and suspects a robbery.

The novel starts from Toshi's perspective. The action takes place in a suburb of Tokyo. It is a mosaic novel, featuring the perspectives of all five teenagers. The story describes the lives of four teenage girls (Toshi, Terauchi, Yuzan and Kirarin) and how they deal with a teenage boy who goes on the run after being accused of murdering his mother. It was published in English by Vintage Books on July 15, 2008. Real World is a 2003 novel written by Natsuo Kirino. 208 pp (paperback edition), 224 pp (hardcover)

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