The narrator tells us that he's on his way to meet up with Mizutani, and that he wants to tell him about his dad's grocery store. He's not sure what to say, but he'd like to tell Mizutana that he loves her and wants to marry her. He wants to know how she's doing with her studies and her relationship with her dad, and he also wants to ask her why she doesn't just tell him what she thinks about him. She says that she wants him to get a job and earn his own living, and she wants to stop being so dependent on him and his dad. She wants to be independent and earn her own living. She's looking for a book to read, and the narrator tells her that the student who's assigned her a report on government and the environment has asked her to read it five times. The narrator says that he can't understand why the student would want to read such a stupid report, since it's just another idiot like her dad. He says that the only thing they have in common is that they're both studying, and they both want to talk about their dad and his grocery store, but they can only talk about the topic of their meeting. He asks why they have to be friends, since they've both been friends for so long, and when he asks why he has to analyze his mom's emotions, she responds that she has to do so, too, since she is his mother's daughter. He also asks if he can stop the car, but the narrator says he'll find a better way to spend his time.