I asked a junior to set up a group date for me, but I completely forgot about it and ended up arriving nearly an hour late. The girls already had a terrible impression of me from the start, and things were looking really bad. By the time I showed up, over an hour late, several couples had already paired off, leaving me completely on the outside. I honestly thought this was a total disaster. I was sitting alone, drinking sake quietly, feeling miserable, when a girl from the corner came over and asked, "Are you okay?" In that moment, I thought she was an angel. But she wasn't an angel—just Kana-chan. It turned out Kana-chan had also arrived late and felt left out, unable to join the group easily. So I suggested we, as fellow latecomers, should just leave together. To my surprise, she happily agreed, and before I knew it, we ended up going straight to a hotel that same night.