In this chapter, we meet the protagonist of the story, a young man who has fallen in love with one of his childhood friends. The boy asks the protagonist why he hasn't found a girlfriend yet. The protagonist explains that he's the only one who gets "perfect sexual chemistry" with his childhood friend. He's also the one who's always been "selfish" and "selfless." The protagonist is surprised to learn that the boy, who works as a model for a fashion magazine, is also into the idea of having sex with a girl. He suggests that the two of them go out for lunch, but the protagonist is not interested. He doesn't want to be "around by his selfishness" . He wants to be with someone who'll forgive him if he ever does anything wrong. He also wants to know if the boy will have sex with someone else, since they're "popular and called handsome" , which is a fancy way of saying they've been "called handsome." The boy agrees to meet the boy at lunch, and the protagonist says that