Interaction is the law of society

The following day, the students of class 1-D start slacking off, and surprisingly, Chabashira does not attempt to stop them from doing so. Kiyotaka laments about his inability to make strong connections with anybody in the classroom so far and is chided by Horikita about it. Class ends and Kiyotaka is pulled aside by Kushida. Kushida explains that she is looking to learn more about Horikita, who had been refusing to become acquainted with her. Kiyotaka states that he was only barely acquainted with Horikita himself and wouldn't be of any help.

Later that day, after hearing about the upcoming club fair for first-year students, Kiyotaka decides to invite Horikita to go and look at the clubs with him. After bantering back and forth for a while, she inevitably decides to join him and take a look with the excuse of watching him fail at making friends. In the gym, the duo listens to various club representatives give out introductions to their clubs to try and entice the students into joining. This carries on for a while until only a single student had yet to present. The student takes control of the stage and intimidates the first-year students into silence before introducing himself as Manabu Horikita, the president of the student council. He states that the student council is looking for new students to fill the openings from the new school year and that only exceptional students will be considered for the spots.

After Manabu leaves the stage, Suzune is left unable to speak. Sudō, Ike, and Yamauchi show up and start to talk with Kiyotaka. They talk for a little bit about clubs and invite Kiyotaka to a group chat that they had started. He gladly shares his contact information with them as Suzune quietly leaves the club fair without saying anything.