The narrator is a part-timer. He's been working as a boy friend's helper for a while now, and he tells the story of how his friend fell in love and then broke up with him. After that, he was fired from his job, and now he's looking for a job. He orders a strawberry chiffon cake, which tastes good, but he doesn't know what's going on. He tells himself that he'll be happier if he can get to know the guy a little better. He gets to know him a little bit more, and then he starts to fall in love with the guy again. He wants to know more about the guy, so he asks saki to show him the ropes. saki tells him that the guy can't just quit working his job any more, because he needs to find someone else to do the job for him. The narrator wonders what she could do if she went to the guy's house and asked him to divorce her husband, but she's not brave enough to do that.