Io's manager, Hase-san, goes to confront Misa at the hostess club she works at. Misa never directly admits to being in a physical relationship with Io but the manager has essentially figured it out and outright demands that she stops meeting with Io on the basis that their association would tarnish Io's image if they were to be spotted together, seeing as her acting career has been flourishing and she's been getting more and more popular. (By the way, she mentions Io's parents and says they're both famous, so no, Hase's not her mother—though you never know with Flowerchild, she's not one to shy away from a surprise fucked up twist lol).
Misa grows gradually more frustrated and when the manager downright frames her as the reason Io's been acting out of line lately, she fully drops her customer service facade. She suggests that Hase gets off on bossing Io around and sees her as some sort of pet and accuses her of having ulterior motives beyond wanting to supervise Io's career, blowing out cigarette smoke in Hase's face for good measure. Hase doesn't take too well to this and after some more heated back-and-forth, ends the conversation by saying that no matter what, if she tells Io to stop seeing Misa, she will listen to her.
Manager then leaves and Misa is left to consider her options. She could simply stop seeing Io, let their relation end that way and go back to picking up random girls at the hook-up bar. But she also realises that she's the only person who allows Io the space to be free so she doesn't want to admit defeat.
Cut to Io, who's on a break at work. She gets a text from Misa informing her that her manager came to her workplace the day before and that she knows about their relationship. She's interrupted by her manager and immediately confronts her. Hase confirms and explains that she sought out Misa to ask her to back off and stop seeing Io. Io (almost) gets angry, telling Hase she had no right to do such a thing, but before things can escalate, they're interrupted by a staff member who tells them they're not ready to resume work due to technical difficulties so the break is extended. Hase suggests they go wait at home (Io's place).
Once there, Hase tries to make small talk but Io isn't receptive so she gets on the offensive, remarking that Io's earlier outburst was the first time she ever saw her get angry. As she speaks, she holds Io's face in her hand and Io asks her to let go, which only irritates Hase further and she throws Io down onto the bed. She demands to know what the true nature of Io's and Misa's relationship is and wants to hear directly from Io's mouth what they've been doing together. Io admits that they've slept together. Hase loses her temper, shouting that Io's just a child. She nearly slaps her but then softens down and awkwardly caresses Io's face instead. Hase seems suddenly flustered but says she won't hit her because Io's face is basically her selling point.
After some more wondering aloud to herself, she asks Io to promise she won't do it again and Io complies, reluctantly. Hase is seemingly satisfied and takes Io in her arms. Io breaks down, apologising. Hase "comforts" her by telling her what she had with Misa was never serious, there might've been sex but surely no feelings involved, so they'll both move on soon enough. She says it was nothing but a game and Io looks even more despondent at the thought.
The mood then changes and Hase's hands start to wander down Io's body, much to Io's bewilderment. Hase offers to take Misa's place in satisfying her needs. She'll take care of both her professional and personal life and shield Io from public scrutiny. Io is getting more and more confused as her manager pushes her down on the bed and says she wishes for Io to always remain pure before kissing her.
Meanwhile, Misa notices that she's been left on read by Io and expresses that she has a bad feeling about the whole thing.
