Rinko invites Takeo to bring some of his male friends, Makoto included, to a singles' meet with some of her friends, who are surprised by Rinko's new boyfriend. Midway through the meet, Rinko becomes upset when she and Takeo overhear her friends, Aya and Nanako, badmouth Takeo behind their backs and runs off. Takeo catches up to her, stating that he doesn't care about the bad things people say about him because he is happy Rinko has been saying nice things about him. Just then, a fire breaks out at the building the meet was being held at, with Aya and Nanako still trapped inside. Takeo rushes in to save them and does so, but in the process gets trapped under some rubble himself. However, thanks to an encouraging phone call from Suna, Takeo gains the strength to stand up and escape the building by jumping through the second-story window, after which Rinko's friends acknowledge his positive attributes.