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Plot
Ryō is in the middle of a phone call in the ReLIFE office, explaining that he cannot get too involved is his subject's affairs. He gives an affirmative response to some question and ends the call soon after it. Ryō then invites An to listen to Arata's wiretap device at his desk, the phone call having given him a reason to expect that something worth listening to is going to happen soon.

At Arata's apartment he has just gotten off the phone with Ryō, annoyed with his refusal to tell him anything about what is going on between Rena and her friends. He thinks that having Chizuru mediate between Rena and Honoka would be a good approach to the situation, if it only weren't beyond her social capabilities. At that very moment Arata receives a message from Chizuru who wants to consult him about something, and tells him that she is outside his apartment and asks to be let in.

Taken completely by surprise, and somewhat creeped out by Chizuru spamming him with a 'hello' cat sticker as she is waiting for his response while he changes clothes, Arata opens the door. Chizuru explains that she asked Kazuomi where he lived so she could have a talk with him. Before letting her in Arata tells Chizuru she could have called him, which she finds an amazing proposition as it never struck her mind since she has never had a conversation with a friend over the phone.

Inside Chizuru notes that Arata having cigarettes makes sense to her now since he is living alone, and he quickly denies that he is smoking. While Arata is pouring drinks for Chizuru and himself he considers sending Chizuru home in order to avoid risking his image of a high school student, but concludes that she is probably too dense to suspect that something is out of the ordinary. Arata calms himself down by thinking that he probably does not need to be so stressed about having a high school girl at his home, however he then receives a message from An teasingly reminding him not to assault Chizuru, alerting Arata to the fact that they are being listened to.