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Plot
Chizuru is at home in the evening, doing internet research on what might have been causing her heart to beat faster. Her search yields up the suggestion that it might be love, and seeing it on her computer screen makes her heart leap but she thinks to herself that it is impossible.

It is the second day of the Golden Week holiday, and Arata is on the phone with his mother. She is asking him to come home for the holiday but Arata refuses, telling her he is busy. His mother teasingly guesses that perhaps he has found a girl he is interested in, but Arata refuses to talk about the matter with her and ends the call.

After the phone call Arata wonders why her mother suggesting that there might be a girl he likes caused Chizuru to appear in his mind, but he pushes the idea out of his mind by telling himself that it was only because they have been getting closer recently. As he sits on his bed Arata thinks about how all he has been doing with all his free time during the Golden Week is drink beer at home, as he cannot even see his friends in his current form. However, he receives a surprise phone call from Kazuomi, telling Arata he is with An outside his apartment and asking him to open the door.