The next morning, the two men discuss the rumors that have been spreading about their relationship. The men decide to invite the two of them to a mixer the next day. The two men tell each other that they saw them together the night before, and the men wonder why they didn't go out that night. They tell the men that it was they who spread the rumor, but the men tell them that they were just trying to pay back the debt they owe to yoshida. They decide to hold off on talking to each other for a while, since they haven't seen each other since the day before.