The narrator complains that his younger colleague, Hiroshi, is "too unfriendly" and that he will "put it inside" of her if she does not push him harder. He also complains about his voice, which he feels is "twitch" and needs to be "rested bite huff" . He says that he has been working all night and that the new year has come. He sighs and says that if he had to change the words in his speech, he would do it earlier. He complains that he hasn't spoken to Hiroshi in a while, and he wonders if he should sleep next to him. He wants to wake up his sleeping wife, but he doesn't want her to wake him up by herself. He tells himself that he would be more cautious in sleeping next to her.