On the Bed, Of Course.In order to settle an issue, Kanade sets up a double date at the swimming pool with Kinjirō, Subaru and Kureha. Kinjirō is told that Kanade and Subaru were once kidnapped for ransom when they were children. Later, Kinjirō rescues a girl from drowning but then passes out, and a flashback reveals that he was explained by his hospitalized father Jirō Sakamachi that his name means "stand by me" due to the kanji character in his name for "close". When Kinjirō regains consciousness, Subaru receives a phone call from a strange man in a wolf mask, who has kidnapped Kanade and Kureha at an unfinished building. When the kidnapper hangs up after holding a knife, Subaru shivers due to her aichmophobia, the morbid fear of sharp objects, stemming from the traumatizing incident from her childhood, in which she feels inadequate as a butler from her inability to protect Kanade as a child. Kinjirō knocks her out, promising her any favor he will owe to her. When Kinjirō meets the kidnapper at the unfinished building, Kinjirō is unable to land a hit, that is until Subaru shows up and defeats the kidnapper herself, overcoming her aichmophobia. It turns out that the kidnapper is actually Subaru's father Nagare Konoe, in which this incident was orchestrated by Kanade in order to help Subaru overcome her aichmophobia, believing that Kinjirō would help since he could empathize on the matter. Later, Subaru tearfully tells Kinjirō not to risk himself again, afraid that her first friend would end up being stabbed. However, Kureha interrupts their moment, inadvertently revealing that Kanade was supposed to be going out with Kinjirō. Subaru immediately reacts with anger, forcing Kinjirō to run away with Kanade from both Subaru and Kureha.