This scene opens in a restaurant in Paris, where Hirokazu is complaining about the food and the service. He complains about the fact that his friend, Kenzaburo, is staring at him with disdain. He asks the waiter if he can give her a voucher for the restaurant, but the waiter refuses to do so, saying that he is not feeling well. He tells the waiter that he has been very cheerful lately, and that he wonders why something is wrong. The waiter, however, refuses to tell him what is wrong, and the two of them stare at each other suspiciously. The man who works at the restaurant tells the man that it is inappropriate to stare at his guests like that. He says that he thinks they are more than friends, but that they are close to him.