The chapter opens with a conversation between a former member of the school's student council and a man who works at a specialty store selling swimsuits. The man tells the student council member that the store is the only one selling swim suits in the area. The former member asks the man if he would like to buy a suit for himself or one for his friend, and the man replies that he would. The two men head over to the store and the former member tells the man that he was rude to leave the club without them. He then tells the other man that the school trip is over, and that he and his friend are going on an ocean tour with the other students. He thanks the man for buying him a suit and says that he will be joining them on the tour. The other man tells him that he is glad to have found a nice store and that everyone is buying their swimsuits there. He says that it is a chiku shi store, and he wonders if anyone else is there buying theirs. He sees one with a basshi design on it, which he says would be hilarious if he were wearing it. He asks the woman if she would like him to buy one for himself, and she says that she would. He tells her that he has made up his mind to buy either a white or a blue suit. She asks him if he thinks she would look good in the white suit. He replies, "Jeez, I'm 5 hope less" . He goes on to say that he wants to ask the other girls to choose between the white or the blue suit, but that he can't make a final decision until noon.