The chapter opens with a discussion of cross-dressing, which is a common practice in the U.S. and abroad. The narrator says that he does not understand why people would think that he would deepen their bond by dressing in a skirt. He adds that he might come home later in the day, but that it would be too much work for him. He opens the package of clothes that he has received from his grandmother and finds that the kimono she gave him was beautiful, but he loves the smell of the clothes. He also finds that he is looking forward to going to kimono school for the first time in his life. He feels that he looks good on Ryou, who is also wearing a simple bun and a simple hair pin. He says that thinking about it reminds him of being a mature adult at the same job place. The conversation ends with the narrator saying that cross dressing is part of Japanese culture and discrimination is bad.