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Plot
Honoka, Rena and Chizuru are sitting outside the sports hall, with both Honoka and Rena are crying after their loss and Chizuru regretfully sitting in the awkward spot between them. Honoka and Rena both try to cheer each other up and assume responsibility for the loss. Honoka tells Rena she was happy and relieved when she turned up as she had been wanting to ask her to come to the club all the time after her injury, and Rena understands that Honoka had been bearing her guilt and responsibility alone all the time.

Rena wonders if the Aoba team would have won without her, Honoka tells her not only that she is sure they wouldn't have and even if they had won she would not have been happy about it, and Rena tells her she feels the same. Rena then notes that since they both are going to Aoba unversity, they will be playing together again then. Having made up, Rena and Honoka thank Chizuru for making their reunion happen, and in the middle of the ensuing group hug Chizuru's awkward mood also turns to happiness.

Having spied on the conversation from behind the corner, Kazuomi, Arata, Akira and Nobunaga agree that all seems to be well. Ryō and An, who have likewise been observing from a distance, reach the same conclusion. They try to leave the area before they are discovered, however Kazuomi spots them in the crowd and they are obliged to go and talk to the other students. The others are intrigued by An's unusual appearance, as she has let her hair down and is not wearing her glasses, as well as the fact that she and Ryō are there together since the two supports have been purposefully avoiding being seen in each other's company too much.

An tries to make her and Ryō's being there seem like a coincidence and claims she always looks like she does now on her days off. Arata finds the supports' predicament amusing and gets the devilish idea to ask if Ryō and An are on a date. Rena takes intense interest in the idea and begins eagerly interrogating An about whether she and Ryō are going out together. As An frantically tries to deny everything and make the situation look entirely normal, Arata gets a measure of revenge on the supports for all the toying on his feelings that they have seemed to enjoy so much.