The narrator tells us that he used to be an uppity bratty middle-school kid, but he's changed. He's fallen in love with a girl named Tenma, and she's sent him a challenge letter. The challenge letter is a love letter, and it's perfect. The next day, Tenma is going to meet the narrator in the school yard. The narrator is so excited that he decides to take a nap on the roof of the school building. He tells Tenma that the guy who wrote the challenge letter was the same guy who challenged him to a duel with Tenma. He also tells her that he has seen him somewhere, and that he'd love to beat him. But now that he can't beat him, he won't be able to do it. Tenma tells him that she'll be in the hospital for the rest of her life, and the narrator says that's the worst thing that could happen to her. She's going to have to spend her whole life in a mental hospital. He asks her what's up with her smile. She says that she has been waiting for someone, and he asks her to borrow a poem from him. She asks him if he could figure out the poem. He says that he doesn't know, but that he tries his best to feel the feelings of the writer. He loves the poem so much that he wants to go out and bash the guy. But then he realizes that the only thing he can do is get out and beat the guy, because he loves Tenma so much.