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Plot
Arata is joined by Chizuru on the way to school. He notices that for the first time the silence between them has become a little awkward, and engages her in small talk about the long-sleeved school uniform season having started. However, influenced by her recent discussion with An about whether she is in love with Arata, Chizuru asks if Arata has ever wanted to kiss her.

The thought gets Arata's heart racing but he calms himself down and avoids the question by replying that he is bothered by her asking something like that completely out of the blue. Arata ponders where the idea came from, and noticing that her curiosity seems to have stepped up from touching to kissing, he is hit by the thought that Chizuru might actually like him in the romantic sense instead of just satisfying her curiosity. However, thinking that she would not be that direct if it were the case, he finds it hard to believe.

They walk on in silence that has, if anything, become more awkward as each of them is confused about how to relate to the other. Chizuru wonders about her strange feelings and about how Arata feels about her. Thinking about An telling her that it is normal to want to touch and kiss the person you love and recalling how uncomfortable Arata has been with the idea of doing these things with her, wonders if Arata might actually hate her.

Trivia

 * The events in this chapter took place on.
 * Students switch to long-sleeve uniforms.
 * Honoka Tamarai turns 18 on this day, although the story didn't touch upon it at all.
 * Starting with this chapter, all new ReLIFE webcomic chapters are available for Advanced Reading one full week ahead of the scheduled release date/time. This chapter was available for Advanced Reading on December 2nd.