In this chapter, we learn that the two girls have not yet kissed, but that they have been studying together. When the narrator asks the girls how far they've gone, they reply that they haven't yet kissed because kissing is "rather basic" for a young girl like them. The narrator then asks what it's like to kiss, and the girls reply that kissing is like "sexy floral heri" , where you kiss someone's cheek first and then draw their hand on theirs. The girls then go on to say that it was an "honest mistake" on their part to kiss each other, and that they're going to "learn from his example" and "become st ao" . The girl then asks if she's noticed that the girls seem to be in good spirits with their parents, and she says that she usually asks that question when she asks about the two of them. She also says that the teacher asked her to put back some of her books because she was using them, but the girl says that's because she'd rather keep things "platonic" until the girl gets into a college she wants. She then asks about her club, which she says she'll help her with, and then she asks what's going on with her friends. She tells the girls that she and the teacher just let out, and they can walk home together. She says that attachment is the "third poison" after love and sex, so she asks if they could go for a walk together. They say that they don't want to go out, so they won't be doing anything. They're not going out, they say, because they have to study. The two girls then say that the girl asked them if they'd kissed and they said that they didn't, but