Narumi slips away to a quiet, unused pool hoping that wearing a racing swimsuit himself will quiet his overwhelming fascination. His solitary effort is interrupted when Kurosawa of the Discipline Committee happens upon the scene. She encourages him to devote himself to actual club activities instead of avoiding them, yet she also senses how deeply his passion runs. Determined to steer him toward real change, she takes a decisive step that alters their uneasy standoff.