The scene opens with a coffee break, and the narrator is shocked to see that kaede has been invited to a pool party. The narrator tells us that the pool party is a kind of matchmaking event, where people try to find "the one" by getting together in a pool with other people. The men pay 5,000 yen and the women 5,000 yen to participate in the matchmaking event. When the narrator asks if the party is dangerous, the woman replies that it isn't. He tells her that he went through a "bad boy phase" when he first started hanging out with girls, and now he's going to go find his "soul mate" . He wants to see her in a swimming suit, but he doesn't know she's there yet, so he asks the woman if she wants to go to the pool alone. The woman says that she'd like to go, but she has another job to attend to, so she'll have to wait until the pool is empty. She tells the narrator that she feels bad about the whole thing, and that she spent the entire time talking to him. He says that he'll give her a "grown-up kiss" , and she agrees.