The chapter opens with a flashback to the day that Kihyun moved into his new apartment. The flashback shows that the two men discuss Kihyun's move, and Kihyun asks if it is okay for him to stay with him. Kihyun replies that it would be better if he could stay with someone else. The two men toast to each other's success, and then Kihyun reveals that he has just arrived at his new office. He tells Kihyun that he had planned to go to a library to read about "obtained omega." Kihyun explains that some people in their twenties transform from "inherited omegas" to "acquired omegas," which is a condition in which the body is unable to produce enough of the essential fatty acids known as eicosapentaenoic acid, or EPA. He explains that people who have obtained omegas are suffering from a "heat cycle" in which their omegas become "more severe