It's been a while since we've heard from the narrator, but here's what we do know: he's in love with a girl named saikawa, and he'd like to marry her. He's worried that his younger colleague, who's also in love, isn't as friendly as he thinks she is, so he decides to "put it inside" of her. First, though, he wants to make sure that she's nice to him. He bakes a bunch of cookies to show his gratitude, and then he goes off to find her. She's already there, and she'll probably accept them, too. Okay, now we get a little taste of what it's like to be in love. First off, we're told that the narrator has been in love for a long time, and that's why he loves her. We're also told that he wants her to be "just a friend" and "be just a friend." He wants to be a friend to her, but he doesn't know how to do that. He wants her "to be just like me" , and to be just "a friend" to him . He also wants to know that he can't reject her, because she knows his "clack" . But he also knows that she knows that his "lack" is