Trust is an instinct

Kushida and her friend decide to go to a cafe after school. Kushida tries to invites Horikita to go with them. After a swift refusal, Horikita includes saying that she should stop inviting her out. Kiyotaka witnesses the event and Horikita asks if he will also attempt to do the same, to which Kiyotaka says he understands her enough to know not to. As he is leaving the classroom, he is pulled aside by Hirata who is concerned about Horikita's loner attitude. Hirata asks Kiyotaka if he could tell Horikita to get along with people as it is a cause of concern and he does not want bullying in the class. Kiyotaka tells him it would be better for Hirata to tell Horikita personally.

Kiyotaka leaves the classroom and finds Kushida waiting for him on his way back to the dorms. She vocalizes her desire to become friends with Horikita and was looking for help from the only person who appeared to be close to her. After attempting to resist, Kushida's begging surpasses his resistance and he reluctantly agrees.

Kushida proposes the idea of having Kiyotaka invite Horikita to Pallet, a very popular cafe on campus, where they would then "unexpectedly" run into Kushida. Kiyotaka suggests that they enlist the help of Kushida's various friends to make the encounter more believable, to which she agrees. After class, Kiyotaka invites Horikita to go to Pallet with him after school, and after some convincing, she agrees to go with him.

After heading to the cafe, they order food and sit down at a recently vacated table. Shortly afterwards the table next to them opens up as well and Kushida sits down and acts as if she just noticed the two. After saying hello, Horikita immediately notices their scheme and confronts them on it. Kiyotaka realizes he's been caught and admits the scheme while Kushida restates her desire to become friends with Horikita. Horikita bluntly asks for her to stop trying and that she will be angry if she continues to do this, adding on that, for her, friends are unneeded.