The next morning, Dimitruchi tries to cheer him up by reminding him that he's still in love with Mishima. Mishima, he tells us, is "running through your head" . Uh-oh. He's just had a fever, and he doesn't know what's wrong with him. He tells Mishima to stay home and rest, because he has a fever. He also tells her that Mishima has been running through his head with her "irresponsible garbage" , and that it's time for her to go home and get some rest. He asks Mishima if she likes her, and she says she does, but she's not sure if she'd like Mishima at all. She tells him that she likes him, too, and Mishima says that he is the only one she knows who is not like her mother and other "cowardices like y's mother." Mishima tells him to stop being so mean to him, and to treat him the way he always treats her. He says that it might be awhile before things are back to normal, but he hopes Mishima treats him like he always does.