In this chapter, Mina explains that her brother has been acting suspicious lately, and she is taking off to study with friends. She tells Hotaru that anasty girl has been leading her brother around lately and that soon she has to protect him. She asks him why he followed her, and he tells her that he had a feeling that she would come, and that there were more people coming. He tells her to go home, but she tells him that she has already invited other people to eat with her. He asks her to leave after he finishes eating, and when she says that he can stay as long as he wants, he says that it means that it will still be three of them.