Jun spends the next days busy as he works on the bookstore, helps with Saitou's play and assembles the doll as more parts are delivered to him. After Jun completes the doll's body, Suigintou inspects it and realizes to whom it belongs. In the next day, after Suigintou reminds her that the time limit for her to survive in her temporary body is about to run out, Shinku demands Jun to take her for the play's opening, and he agrees to do so as long as she keeps herself hidden inside his backpack. However, soon before the play starts, it is revealed that the doll to be used as a prop is missing and Shinku lets herself be found by the other members by purpose. As they decide to use Shinku, who pretends to be an ordinary doll, as a replacement. Suigintou watches the scene from hiding, knowing that Kirakishou will soon make a move.
本格的に劇団の裏方作業を手伝いはじめたジュン。公演に向けて斉藤や他の劇団員たちと作業をしていく中で、彼は今までにない充実した日々を過ごす。そんな中、あと少しでバイトの上がり時間を迎えようとしていたジュンに災難が降りかかる。在庫の数が合わないことを知った店長が、犯人を斉藤だと決め付け、その後始末を斉藤とジュンに押し付けようとして――。