The chapter opens with the president of the school talking to the student council about the upcoming soccer match. The president tells the students that the cheering squad and the soccer club will be having a meeting on Thursday to discuss the upcoming game. The student council president asks the president why he wants to have a talk with a man when he can have a conversation with the cheering team directly. When the president says that his original purpose was to talk to a man, the student says that he has kept his secret because he is afraid that the president will find out about his feelings for women. He tells the president that he will have to stay and draw carnival drawings while he is away on his trip.