The scene opens with a flashback to a time before the events of the previous chapter. In the present scene, we are introduced to a young man named Kuroe, who has just returned from a trip to Europe. The young man, dressed in a suit and tie, is on his way home from a dinner party when he is interrupted by a parttimer. The parttimer asks him what he is doing there, and the young man tells him that he is going to meet up with another man. The waiter asks him if he has a date for the meeting, and he says no, but that he will be heading out first. Kuroe is surprised to learn that the parttimer has already left, but he is pleased to hear that he has arrived on time. He says that although his ship with Kuroe got off the wrong foot, he thinks that Kuroe was just thinking of him in his own ways. He thanks the waiter for his visit, and says that it is the first time he has ever been on such a date. When the waiter asks if he is nervous, he says he is, and that he feels the same way as he does. He squeezes Kuroe's hand and foot, hoping that something will happen between them. When Kuroe sees him,