It was decided that Ritsuka and the rest of his band were going to do a live show. Haruki and Akihiko were at a bar drinking, talking about Ritsuka and Mafuyu. Since Akihiko had ridden his motorcycle into town, he asks to spend the night at Haruki’s place and Haruki thinks back on the first time they met. That was right around the time Haruki’s old band had disbanded and he had first encountered Ritsuka, who had just entered his third year of middle school...
That was the first time in my life that
 I'd stared at another guy's face so intensely.
.كانت تلك أوّل مرّة أحدّق فيها في وجه شابّ آخر بشغف هكذا
Das war das erste Mal, dass ich einen Mann
so direkt angeschaut habe.
Nunca había mirado el rostro
de otro hombre con tanta intensidad.
Nunca había mirado la cara
de otro hombre con tanta intensidad.
C’était la première fois
que je voyais son visage de face.
Quella fu la prima volta
Foi a primeira vez na vida que
eu encarei um homem tão intensamente.
Я впервые в жизни так пристально
посмотрел в глаза другому парню.