In this chapter, we learn that the two of them are going to be living together for the rest of their lives. It's not clear whether they're going to try to solve their problems on their own, or whether they should try to work things out together. The narrator tells us that he feels awkward talking to Hiroshi, but he doesn't know how to do it. He goes to see her and asks him out, but she tells him to think about it over. The next day, he sees Hiroshi smile again, and he wants him to choose her over him, but that person chooses someone else that hurts him. He tells Hiroshi that he's the one who stands between them, and that he won't hurt him, so he'd like him to go out with him instead. Hiroshi says that he can't, but the narrator tells him that he has to go, because he feels weak. He asks if he saw Hiroshi with another woman, and the narrator says he didn't see her with another man, but