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Plot
Rena wonders tensely why Arata is still at school. Arata tells her that he was using a self-study room to work on the assignment Kazuomi gave him and that he is on his way to return the keys to the staff room. He asks Rena to show him the place, but Rena tells him to ask a teacher as she needs to leave, anxious about being held up as Chizuru could leave the staff room any time.

However, as Rena passes Arata on her way out, Arata notices the second bag on Rena's shoulder and asks her about it. Starting to panic, Rena lies that it is for her gym clothes, but Arata tells her she recognizes the bag and she starts to run away down the stairs. Arata tries to stop her, but Rena slaps his hand away, losing her balance.

Arata manages to catch Rena in time to stop her from falling down the stairs, however the wound from his sprinting accident stings while he is holding her in a very precarious position and they both fall. Meanwhile, finished with her questions, Chizuru leaves the staff room and notices that her bag is gone but having heard the noise from the fall she decides to investigate it first. She finds Arata and Rena lying motionless at the bottom of the flight of stairs, with Arata's arms held protectively around Rena.