The chapter opens with a quote from a book called The End of the World as We Know It. It says that only 12% or so of households stay with their pet animals until the end of their lives. This means that about 88% of pets are thrown out of their families. The narrator tells us that about 100,000 pets are lost every year. He then tells the story of the boy who is obsessed with his girlfriend. He tells the boy that everyone is talking about him having a crush. The boy says that his condition has improved a lot because he has someone to help him. It is said that unfulfilled emotions during boyhood would remain blank afterwards. He says that he will try his best to be nice to all the people in his life. He will see the boy again the next time he sees him. He asks the boy if he just disappeared and the boy replies that he did not. He goes on to say that at some point he was behaving the same way as the other kids. He realizes that he should have realized this earlier. He apologizes for being so stubborn and says he will forgive him this time. He explains that he had saved the boy because he was a good kid and that he was acting the same as the bad kids. At some point, the boy realized that he