The narrator returns to the apartment where he and his friends have been hanging out. He tells his friend, Tamura, that he's tired of hanging out with his friends. Tamura tells him that he hasn't seen his friends in six years, and that they're all hanging out together in an hour. The narrator asks Tamura if he can borrow his refrigerator to eat some sausage, and Tamura says he can, but he'll have to wait until they all meet up again. He's glad to see them all together, because they haven't been seeing each other for six years. The two men start talking, and the narrator tells Tamura that it's time for them all to meet up. He says that he was planning to drop by earlier and have a little chat, but Tamura is already there, so he'd better hurry up and get some food. The men all start talking about how much they've enjoyed their time together, but the narrator doesn't buy it, and he says that everyone is always talking about his private life, which is disgusting. He wants to know why he has become so pathetic, and why he can't fit in with the rest of society. He thinks that he needs to become a "properly integrated member" of society, but that's not going to happen, because everyone else is already doing so. He wonders how he will be able to meet his future girlfriend, and wonders if he has any reason to live at all. He feels like a "empty human being" , and no one would ever look at him or notice him. He asks his friends to come back, and they all say that he looks good, and then they all leave. The