In this chapter, we learn that Tsukamoto has fallen in love with a girl named Shuchi, who is studying at the same university where Shuchi is now a student. Shuchi has come to see him in order to tell him that he is in love, but Shuchi does not want him to see her because he is afraid that he will lose interest in her. He tells Shuchi that he has come because of her, and Shuchi tells him not to worry, because he has already left for the office. He asks Shuchi to come with him to the office, but she refuses, saying that she is sick and has gone home. She tells him to wash off his sweat and change his clothes before going to bed, and she asks him to come in so she can tell him what has happened.