In this chapter, the narrator continues his story of unrequited love. He laments the fact that he is unable to find happiness in his relationship with sixun, because he has a "fetish" for cleanliness in relationships. He feels that he has lost himself and has forgotten what he wanted in the beginning of the story. He tells sixun that he was loved by everyone in his class in his fourth grade, but that he did not feel very happy that year. Sixun tells him that his parents will not be home tonight for dinner, and that he should come over to his house for dinner. He asks if he has any soft drinks, and she says that they do have boiled water. He explains that the water tastes weird, because it is cooked in a kettle, but he cannot stop drinking it because it satisfies his ultimate desire.