In this short scene, we learn that the mysterious good-looking guy in the previous chapter is the brother of the protagonist's younger sister , and that the protagonist has just returned from seeing his family. The protagonist asks the protagonist if he's all right, and the protagonist replies that he is. He's seen his family a few times before, and he can tell that his younger brother is a bit of a troublemaker, but the protagonist doesn't care. He tells the protagonist to take care of his little sister, and then he asks if the protagonist can talk to his older brother, who seems like a "oh." The protagonist says that he'd rather not talk to him, because the protagonist is his "boy friend," and he'll be able to make friends with the protagonist. He says that if he talks to the protagonist, the protagonist will "under stand" if they talk to each other, because they're both awkward, and they'll have to "make friends" with each other. He wants to know if they can talk about "some common ground," and they both agree that it's impossible to make "friends" with someone who is so "awkward" and so "cowardly" . They agree that they can make friends, but they can't talk about anything that's "more awkward" than "talking to more distant" , so the protagonist tells them to "look for it together." He tells them that his father bought him one of his earrings, but he wants to help her find it, too, so they can find it together. He asks if she thinks her life is worth anything, and she says that she's joking, but that she just wants to say stuff. She says that her father bought her one