Rui asks Natsuo to help her find a club. They come across the Literature Club, where Natsuo takes a book by his favorite author, You Hasukawa, though Rui warns him about theft. When returning it the following day, he is caught by teacher Reiji Kiriya who threatens to report him if he doesn't join the club. When Kiriya learns that Natsuo and Miu Ashihara, the club's only other member, both like romance novels, he tries to get them to kiss; Natsuo stops after seeing tears well up in Ashihara's eyes...