In this short scene, the three young lovers discuss their plans for the future. They are discussing their plans to go to school together, and one of them asks the other two if they are going to read together. The other two agree that they should go, but they are interrupted by the arrival of Sonezaki, who has come to see them. He is angry that they have not come to talk to him about his feelings for Sona, and he is upset that they are not coming to talk about their feelings for each other