In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist has had a dream in which he touched the breasts of a woman named Urasebe. The protagonist, who has been hiding in his room, wonders where the protagonist is going. He asks the protagonist if he is going on a shopping trip and the protagonist replies that he is. He tells the protagonist that he has been reading and that he feels like he is standing outside the protagonist's apartment. He says that he wants to go to the opera, but that he does not know where he should go since he has not even been there for 30 minutes. When the protagonist asks him where he is, the protagonist tells him to go back to his apartment by evening. He also tells him that he must go to Urasbe's office to have a drink with his friends. He does not want to look like a stalker, he says, since he is the only person in the building and he has no family there. He goes on to ask the protagonist why he is not having a drink, and he says that his friends are wearing tight winter clothes that make their breasts stand out. He then asks him if there is something about him that is on his mind, and if he can touch him with his body. He claims that his dream was so intense that he was too scared to touch his boobs. When he asks him how his dream compared to his dream, he is told that it was "soft and firm" and that touching his body sent a shiver through his spine. He concludes that the dream was "way more drip" than his dream.