The narrator wakes up in the middle of the night to find himself at the secret hot springs. He's not sure what's going on, but he does know that he's in love with a guy named Iharu. The narrator asks Iharu if he'd like some tea, and Iharu says yes, but it's still a little awkward in his dream. Iharu tells the narrator to chill out, and the narrator says he'll bring some ice to cool him off. Irritated, the narrator asks if Iharu's feeling well, and he says he is. He apologizes, but Iharu doesn't want to apologize, so he says, "I'm sorry, but you look a bit reddish in the face, so I'm glad you're feeling better." The narrator says that Iharu is a saint, and that he can't stop thinking about him. He wants to go to the hot springs, which are only open from sunrise to sunset, and it will take him two hours to get there.