Back at the office, Shimizu complains that she's not happy to see him. He's late for work, and he's worried about the upcoming stockholders' meeting. He wants to play a game with her, but she won't let him. She's still not treating him to dinner, and she doesn't have the money to buy art supplies for her studio. She tells him that she and kidoguchi have been friends since she was a teenager. She says that if she became someone else's girlfriend, she would feel like she wouldn't fit in anymore. She also says that she can't be like that anymore, because she has changed so much. She wonders if she'll ever be able to get back to drawing again.