The lovers' apartment is late and the narrator feels like he's intruding. He wants to know why the guy is taking another girl on a drive. He tells the narrator that he'll live with him and that he doesn't need another man. He's got a big apartment, and he'd rather live with a woman than a man. The narrator says that he finds it hard to believe that the guy would choose another woman over him. He asks the narrator to prove that he and the girl are really in love. He says that until he sees that, he won't be able to believe what he hears. The two argue about whether they're going out or whether they are actually going out. They argue about the fact that the narrator is always more affectionate with the girl he loves, and about whether there's really any need for them to divide up the room when they get to the store to buy some chess. The lovers argue again and again about whether or not they are really going out, until the narrator realizes that the whole thing is just a lie. He realizes that he would miss the guy if he were to have to go away. He also realizes that his sister has been letting him stay with her, and that's why they've been living together. He thinks that she's just sprung for her sister, and not for him.