Rentarou introduces Shizuka to Hakari and Karane, the latter of whom is surprised by Shizuka using a text-to-speech app to communicate. After Shizuka tests out saying the other girls' names, Rentarou describes the girls' Character Tics that not even the girls themselves notice. This soon leads to Rentarou letting slip that he had kissed Hakari and Karane, shocking Shizuka. Rentarou offers to give Shizuka a kiss, but she refuses, so Rentarou decides to take things at a pace Shizuka feels comfortable with.
In order to break the ice for Shizuka, Rentarou proposes a game of Old Maid with a Friendly Tickle Torture penalty game. Rentarou wins the first three rounds, each of which leaves a different girl in last place. Karane fights to keep from laughing, Hakari has to be told not to undress for her penalty, and Shizuka uses her app to "laugh".
The fourth game ends with Rentarou in last place and Shizuka in first place. Her tickling amounts to nothing more than gently poking him repeatedly. After she finishes, Rentarou leaves to go to the bathroom, whereupon Karane confronts Shizuka, much to the latter's confusion.
Tropes:
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Shizuka briefly falls into this when Rentarou mentions having kissed Hakari and Karane already.
- Friendly Tickle Torture: Rentarou uses this as an icebreaker for Shizuka, since newcomers are more open to people who have shown their true feelings to them, and laughter is one of the more difficult reactions to suppress.
- Time Skip: None of the hands of Old Maid are given any details; only the outcome of each hand is spelled out for the readers.
