The chapter opens with a discussion between Hiroshi and Hiroshi's roommate, Shu-Sakurako. Hiroshi complains that he's gained weight again and wishes he could lose it. He wants to go for a run, but he doesn't know where to start. He's worried about how hot it is, so he decides to go to a local park instead. He tells Shu-Kun that she's too fast for him to keep up with her. He also tells her that he hopes she'll be able to find a job soon, because she might have to deal with the fact that she hasn't yet found one. He wonders if they've been together for seven years, and he wonders if he'd ever wanted to have a roommate. He asks her if she has a record for a one-hundred-meter race, and she tells him that it was sixteen seconds.