The scene opens with the two of them in bed together. The narrator is dressed in his underpants and the narrator is naked. He asks the sleeping man if he can sleep with him. The sleeping man refuses, saying that his boss will kill him if he doesn't sleep with the man. The two men agree to sleep together the next day. The man tells the narrator that he has been working hard all day and that he is tired. He says that he does not want to look lonely when he goes to work, but he does want to be strong