La lavandería de Minato, 5

Shin continues his relentless pursuit of Akira Minato, who has finally moved on from his teenage romance with his former teacher, Sakuma. Shin invites Minato to spend Christmas Eve with his family. There, Asuka tells Minato that during her gap year traveling with Shu, she pretended to be in a romantic relationship with him to avoid falling victim to a European scam. Minato starts to worry about them, but then Shin asks him to accompany him to an open house at a university in Tokyo he really likes. "I don't want presents. I just want to be by your side."