"happy family creak" is the title of this short scene. It's about a family that's been living happily ever after, but the narrator is worried that he's not going to be able to return home. He's worried that his son has run off with Roxane, and that he hasn't been able to talk to his daughter-in-law, Tomoe. He asks Tomoe to unlock the door so that he can talk to her, but Tomoe refuses, saying that he doesn't want to talk about anything with her. Tomoe asks if she's home right now, and Tomoe says that she is, but that she can't come home because she has errands to run. She asks if he'd like to go shopping with her, and he says yes. He promises to make her something to eat, and then he leaves.