In this short scene, the narrator introduces himself as a friend of the protagonist's. He tells the audience that he has been living in Yokohama for three years, and that he and his friend, a classmate of his from high school, have just been at a concert together. The two of them chat about their schoolmates, who are now living in different parts of the country. The narrator tells the story of how he and the protagonist ran into one another at the concert, and how he is happy to have run into them again. The protagonist tells the narrator that his friend's hair is longer than his own, and the two exchange numbers. The conversation ends with the protagonist exclaiming that he is going home on his bicycle, and asks the narrator to meet him at the train station at noon the next day. When the protagonist says that he will be waiting for them at the station, he is interrupted by a clamor from the protagonist, who wants to know if they can meet up at lunch. He asks the protagonist if he is hungry, but the protagonist tells him that they should eat first, as he is "starving." The protagonist then inquires about how the protagonist has been since he left high school. He explains that he was detained for a month, then moved to a different school, and then to the city of Omiya, where he has lived ever since