The chapter opens with the narrator lamenting the fact that his friend, Mishima, has refused to speak to him since he asked her to have sex with him. Mishima has also refused to reply to any of his questions. The narrator apologizes to Mishima in person, but Mishima does not reply. She is busy preparing for the mock exam that is to take place later in the day. The chapter ends with Mishima begging the narrator to stop going to the exam room during the exam.