In this chapter, we learn that Kenji has asked his brother's friend, Mishima, to go to a specific nightspot in order to "prove his luck in romance" . In other words, he's asking Mishima to go and have sex with him. The scene opens with Kenji asking his friend if he'd like to go there. Kenji says yes, and Kenji tells him that he'll have to wait in line for a while before he can meet his "destined girl." Kenji asks where Mishima is, and the two of them stare at each other for a long time before Kenji can figure out what's going on. He asks if Mishima's friends think she's a "man" , and Mishima says no, and then he asks if they think Mishima and her friends are having sex. Then he asks them if they're married, and they all agree that it's "kind of fun" to be a married man. He then asks if he can whisper to Mishima that he doesn't want to have sex, and she whispers back that she does want sex, too. He's grateful, but he can't ignore her, because he