The chapter opens with the narrator lamenting that he has stopped acting like himself. He feels that he is supporting Maekawa too much, and he wants to be a good friend to her. He asks his friend to go out with him for a meeting, but his friend refuses, saying that they are going on a company retreat in July. The narrator says that he will wait for his friend, and the two part on good terms.
The chapter opens with the narrator lamenting that he has stopped acting like himself. He feels that he is supporting Maekawa too much, and he wants to be a good friend to her. He asks his friend to go out with him for a meeting, but his friend refuses, saying that they are going on a company retreat in July. The narrator says that he will wait for his friend, and the two part on good terms.