While denying his feelings for Takano, Onodera nevertheless worries that his boss seems too close with Marukawa's sales chief Yokozawa Takafumi. Trying to avoid Takano, Onodera is forced to bring a storyboard to his apartment for approval. Once there, Takano makes romantic overtures to Onodera, who resists them. Escaping from the apartment, Onodera finds a suspicious Yokozawa standing in the doorway.