The cat sleeps on Subaru's laptop, preventing him from working. Hoping to get her off by offering her food, Subaru finds out that he is out of cat food. He reluctantly goes to a store and then a pet shop, where the clerk Nana Ōkami asks him several questions about his cat, including what the cat's name is. After Kawase phones him to name his cat in the novel, he begins to think about names for the cat. He returns home and finds the cat nestled in his reference books...