Shinako and Rou get into a fight. Rikuo tries to help mend things, but the answers aren’t clear.

Shinako invites Rikuo over, but she chickens out, making a fragile friendship even more tenuous.

Rikuo’s friends want to invite him and Shinako over for Christmas. Rou has plans of his own.

A burglar breaks into Haru’s place. Rikuo gives her company for the night after.