The next morning, hotaru is on his way to work when he runs into his old friend, Yuka. They've been hanging out the night before, and Yuka tells him that she's going to work the next day. Hotaru asks Yuka why she'd want to borrow an outfit from her friend, and she says that it's because Yuka has borrowed it from her. He's not a father to her, she says, and he doesn't look like one. She says that even if she hadn't told him, she wouldn't feel the same way about him. She's sorry, but she can't understand why Yuka would want to be so close to her friend. She thinks he's just like a dad to her - he looks after her, but he won't let her in his house. He looks out for her, though, and is kind to her.