The narrator tells us that it's New Year's Eve, which means that everyone is getting ready to celebrate with friends and family. The narrator says that he's not feeling well. He's worried about his girlfriend, who's going to school with him, and about his fight with arima. He says that arima beat him up, but that he got a few good punches in, too, so it wasn't a big deal. He tells the narrator that he and arima got into a fight on the way back from having dinner, and that they're still not able to get along. He asks if they should go for a walk, and the narrator says no, but then he tells the story of how arima said that he was looking for a fight with him in school. He adds that he figured that was what he meant, and so he told him that the most important thing for him is to get a fight in school