The next morning, Rine begins to feel sick of the boy downstairs. He's been ignoring her all day, and now he's not even wearing his glasses. She tells him to get over it, because she's sick of him, too. Rine tells Rine that she and the boy have a "connection" , which means that they've been bullied before, but that she rejected the girl earlier. She asks Rine to help her out at school for the rest of the year, so that she won't have to deal with bullies at her own school. She's worried that if she doesn't help, her dad's job will be in jeopardy, so she wants to help.