Sui has a short-lived reunion with his brother. He and the others learn that a new nearby Italian restaurant is cutting into their lunchtime sales.

Gure invites a shy high schooler to join him and his boating club for a day on the pond. Tsunozaki visits the teahouse and tries Tsubaki's Mont Blanc.

After a photo of Tokitaka goes viral on social media, the estranged uncle who raised him visits the teahouse, hoping to reconnect with him.

Senri ends up working at the teahouse for the day. When Tokitaka asks him why he wants to be a chef, he explains how he came to meet Koichiro.