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Plot
Kazuomi sits in his room contemplating the university entrance exams when he receives a text from Rena, who is apologetically asking if he would be able to see her in the weekend. Remembering what Arata told him earlier about refusing Rena's invitations, he responds that he cannot go as he has to work but that he is not avoiding her. However, he is unable to tell her the reason for his continuing refusals, feeling bad about it.

The following day Kazuomi has a counseling meeting with Ms. Amatsu. Having told her that he wants to go to an external university, he nonetheless also asks when he has to make a final decision in case he wants to go to Aoba university after all. As Ms. Amatsu tells Kazuomi about the deadline, which is nine days away, she notices his downcast mood and asks if he is hesitating about something, but he keeps his toughts to himself.

Returning from the meeting to the classroom, Kazuomi sends Arata in next. As Kazuomi leaves for work, Rena stays in the classroom waiting for her turn. Disappointed for having been unable to ask him about his plans for university like she had planned, Rena toys with her earring, thinking to herself that despite her plans to get to know Kazuomi better, she does not really know anything about him at all.

Trivia

 * The events of this chapter took place on and.
 * The information pamphlet at the beginning of this chapter was labeled for the Heisei 26 academic year, definitely marking the current in-story time as Heisei 25, aka A.D. 2013. This is the first time an explicit year reference has appeared in the webcomics.  Before this chapter was published, the year could only be inferred by references to the day of the week with the calendar dates, which might not always work given a fictional universe.