The narrator begins this chapter by asking his friend tama to show him his "whole self" . He asks tama if there is a place in his body that feels good, and tama replies that there is. The narrator continues by asking tama why he came to see him. tama says that he still hasn't found out what kind of man he is, and that's why he's come to see tama. He tells tama that they're going to have to put off sex for a few days during their senior trip to a nearby town. He says that even though he loves having sex with tama, it's not enough to satisfy him. He's lonely, he says, because tama's broad shoulders and shirt make him feel like he needs to prove his love for tama again and again. . Finally, the narrator says he wants to go on the senior trip so that he can "feel good" for a little bit longer. He wants to be able to enjoy the trip with his friends, so he'll have sex on the third day of the trip. He also says that tama has come to visit his friend mizumori, who's been staying with the group. He brings her over to talk to her, but he doesn't think that she's had anything bad to say about the group, because he'd heard no rumors about them. He wonders if tama is a boy friend of hers, and she says that she has one, but that he is older than she is.