Loser Gamer Boy Accidentally Rizzed Up Depressed Girl

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00:00Yamada is a lifeless loser, destined to die a virgin for being so edgy.

00:03However, when he meets a hot but depressed girl, he falls in love with her.

00:07Now he will try to riz her up and cure her depression with his sausage.

00:10It all began after Akane's boyfriend, Takuma,

00:12admitted to cheating on her with a girl he met in the online game they both played,

00:15and then ended things with her.

00:17She had pretended to be okay, so he wouldn't see how depressed she was by his betrayal.

00:21But when she returned home, she sought solace in the online game she played with Takuma,

00:25only to discover that he had unfriended her.

00:26Annoyed, she went hunting and was having a swell time taking out her frustration on the game

00:30until a bored-looking afro elf named Yamada showed up,

00:34so the guy asked if she was out hunting for a rare item.

00:36Akane replied that she wasn't,

00:38and angrily explained that she was playing to distract herself from the fact that she had been dumped,

00:42telling him the story of everything that happened.

00:44Uninterested in her relationship recap, he said he didn't care and logged out.

00:50A little while later, she received a notification from the game about an upcoming IRL event

00:54and immediately wondered if Takuma would attend it.

00:57Hoping that he would, she decided to go.

00:58Eventually, the day of the event came.

01:00As she walked around, she spotted Takuma with his new girl,

01:03but still ogled him shamelessly because she lacked self-respect.

01:06Oh my god, the...

01:07The worst part was that she even tried to chase after them,

01:10and accidentally fell after bumping into someone.

01:12Thankfully, this fall was enough to bring her back to her senses,

01:14and just as she was about to start crying at her own stupidity,

01:17the guy she'd bumped into asked if she was okay.

01:19Looking up, she was shocked to see a tall glass of handsome,

01:22staring back at her with her shoe in his hand,

01:24and she couldn't help but wonder if this was her K-drama moment.

01:27She quickly got back to her feet,

01:29assuring him that she was fine and then put her shoe back on.

01:31When she attempted to apologize and explain why she'd bumped into him like a clumsy oaf,

01:35the guy told her he didn't care and walked out.

01:37However, his behavior seemed a bit nostalgic to her,

01:40making her recall the same words Yamada said.

01:42So without thinking, she called him Yamada.

01:44To her surprise, he turned around, asking who she was.

01:47But before she could answer, she heard Takuma's voice behind her,

01:50and turned to see him standing there with his new girlfriend.

01:52Akane tried to act surprised, but the guy walked past her to greet Yamada,

01:55because as it turns out, Yamada was a gaming legend,

01:58and he was one of his fans.

01:59Feeling jealous, Akana made sure to insert herself in the conversation,

02:02and when Takuma finally noticed her,

02:04she pretended that Yamada was her new man.

02:07Yamada tried to deny it,

02:09but she pleaded with him to play along to save her remaining dignity,

02:12and also promised to give him the rare item PIN code

02:14that she received for attending the event.

02:16The promise of the PIN pushed Yamada to agree,

02:18and Akane's ex wasn't happy about it,

02:20because he couldn't believe that Akane,

02:22who was very much a novice in the gaming world,

02:24had bagged his idol when he was still trying to get his attention in his comment section.

02:27As he began sulking,

02:30his lip goddess of a girlfriend started comforting him,

02:32and Akane couldn't help but wish it was her.

02:36Later that day,

02:37after she somehow convinced Yamada to go drinking with her,

02:40Akane kept yapping about how it was disrespectful of Takuma

02:42to flaunt his new relationship in her face.

02:44When she eventually stopped making everything about herself,

02:47she decided to diss Yamada,

02:49saying that if he kept up his nonchalant act,

02:51no one would want to date him.

02:52Yamada told her he didn't care,

02:54and when he revealed that he'd never had a girlfriend before,

02:56she was shocked but curious about why.

02:58Yamada explained that he just couldn't be bothered with girls,

03:01and her first thought was that he batted for the other team.

03:04You are gay.

03:05However,

03:05she agreed that relationships were overrated.

03:07She then excused herself to go to the bathroom,

03:09as she realized that she was starting to obsess over her ex,

03:12and while she was there,

03:13she noticed for the first time

03:14that her clothes were dirty thanks to her fall earlier.

03:16She also noticed that she had a scrape on her knee,

03:18but at that moment,

03:20she couldn't be bothered,

03:20and told herself that she regretted going to the event.

03:23Once she was feeling a little better,

03:24she returned to her table and saw that Yamada wasn't there.

03:27The thought that she'd been ditched made her sad,

03:29but just as she was about to open the dam,

03:31Yamada returned and asked her to sit.

03:32After she did,

03:33he put a band-aid on her scrape

03:34and explained that he'd noticed it earlier,

03:36so he went to get the band-aid while she was in the bathroom.

03:38His explanation left Akane feeling even more emotional and overwhelmed.

03:42So she finally burst into tears,

03:43and after thanking him,

03:44she insisted that he stick around and drink with her.

03:46The following morning,

03:47when the hungover Akane woke up,

03:49she discovered that she was in Yamada's room,

03:51and immediately assumed that,

03:52in her drunken state,

03:53she'd let him hit.

03:54Yeah, boy.

03:55However,

03:56Yamada assured her that no clapping of any kind had occurred.

03:59You let though you come down.

04:01He then explained that he'd only brought her to his place

04:03because she'd passed out at the restaurant,

04:05and he didn't know where she lived.

04:07Embarrassed,

04:07Akane thanked him for not leaving her to an unknown fate,

04:10and also apologized for all the trouble she had caused him.

04:13As she got up to leave,

04:14he told her where to find her shirt,

04:15which he'd washed because she'd puked on it,

04:17and also informed her that he'd paid her bill at the restaurant.

04:19Akane thanked him again and offered to pay him back,

04:22but Yamada said all he wanted was for her to haul her behind out of his apartment.

04:26After she got dressed,

04:27he bid her goodbye saying he hoped they never crossed paths again,

04:30and then slammed the door in her face.

04:32Later on,

04:32after she arrived at her apartment,

04:34Akane took a shower,

04:35and while she was massaging her face,

04:36she suddenly realized that her necklace was missing and panicked.

04:39Unfortunately,

04:40her search for the necklace in her apartment turned up nothing,

04:42so she figured that she'd lost it at Yamada's apartment.

04:45Following this,

04:46she logged into the game to ask Yamada if he'd seen it after she left,

04:49but he wasn't online.

04:50This made her sad because she didn't want to lose the necklace,

04:52which was a gift from her ex,

04:53and even though they weren't together anymore,

04:55she still felt an attachment to it.

04:57Just then,

04:58she received a message from her guild master,

04:59Roy Haime,

05:00who asked if she was doing okay.

05:01Akane admitted that she wasn't,

05:03and when Roy Haime offered to listen to her problems,

05:05Akane told her everything.

05:06They were still chatting when Yamada logged in,

05:08so Akane immediately asked if he'd seen her necklace,

05:11to which he answered no.

05:12He then bid them farewell,

05:13saying he was going to hunt.

05:14But Roy Haime pleaded with him to stay and chat,

05:17so that Akane would stop feeling sad.

05:18Of course,

05:19he refused and told Roy Haime that she ought to be doing something more important,

05:22like finding out who the dumb idiot filling their guild storage with useless items was.

05:26When he began trolling whoever it was,

05:28Akane admitted she was the one,

05:29so Roy Haime tried doing damage control.

05:31However,

05:32Yamada didn't give her the chance.

05:34He ruthlessly berated Akane,

05:35and by the time he finished,

05:36Akane logged out because she was feeling very stupid.

05:39This made Roy Haime scold Yamada,

05:41but he wasn't in the mood to listen to her,

05:42so he also logged out.

05:43In his room,

05:44he stood up from his chair and tried to walk away,

05:46but stopped because he stepped on something sharp.

05:48Upon closer inspection,

05:49he discovered it was Akane's necklace,

05:51which was now broken thanks to him.

05:53Days later,

05:54Akane had lunch with Momo,

05:55and when she told her that she was looking for her necklace was missing,

05:58Momo pointed out that she was using the

06:00necklace as an excuse not to get over that two-timing jerk, Takuma.

06:04Akane tried to deny it,

06:05but Momo didn't give her a chance and told her to stop being a dumb simp.

06:08Later on,

06:09as Akane was on her way home,

06:10she spotted Yamada standing with two girls at the train station

06:12and heard one of them confessing her feelings to him.

06:15Akane felt bad for the girl because Yamada didn't even think twice before rejecting her.

06:19When he walked away from the girls,

06:20Akane walked up to him and called him out for being a heartless jerk towards the girl.

06:23As expected, Yamada didn't care,

06:25and as they walked to the exit of the station,

06:27she attempted to talk to him,

06:28but stopped when he kept giving her one-liners.

06:31As though he'd been waiting for her to shut up,

06:32Yamada stopped walking and pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket,

06:35which he unwrapped to reveal Akane's broken necklace.

06:38He explained what had happened and apologized for breaking it,

06:40but Akane told him it was fine and said she was even planning to throw it out.

06:44This was probably because her earlier discussion with Momo had brought her back to her senses.

06:48When they arrived at the exit,

06:49they saw that it was raining,

06:50but Akane didn't mind and dashed out after saying goodbye to Yamada.

06:53Before she could get far,

06:54Yamada stopped her and gave her his umbrella to use so she wouldn't get soaked.

06:58The next day, Akane's mother had various boxes delivered to her apartment,

07:01and in the note attached to one of them,

07:03the woman wrote that the boxes contained all Akane's stuff,

07:06which she had left at home.

07:07She had cleared out Akane's room to use as a training room

07:09and didn't want to have a place to keep her stuff,

07:11so she sent them to her.

07:12Not sure what to do with the items,

07:14Akane called Momo to come and assist her with the unboxing and sorting.

07:17Momo convinced Akane to get rid of everything,

07:19and when they finished arranging the last trash bag,

07:22Momo asked Akane what she wanted to do with the broken necklace in Yamada's umbrella.

07:25Initially, she wanted to keep the necklace since she was a hoarder,

07:28but after recalling how Yamada had told her to only keep valuable things,

07:31she decided it was time to let go of the past.

07:33They then took out the trash bags,

07:35and since Momo knew that Akane was a bit bummed out about parting with the necklace,

07:39she suggested they go drinking to cheer her up.

07:40A few hours later,

07:41they both showed up drunk at Yamada's place because Akane wanted to return his umbrella.

07:45Yamada didn't appreciate their sudden visit,

07:47but they were too drunk to register his displeasure.

07:50Momo even latched onto him and started asking for his hand in marriage,

07:53but he ignored her.

07:54Akane then told him that she had come to return his umbrella

07:56and to thank him for everything he'd done for her.

07:59Feeling much better now that she'd done what she wanted to do,

08:01Akane pulled Momo away from Yamada,

08:03and they started walking away.

08:05Just then,

08:05Yamada called out to Akane and told her to log into the game when she had time

08:08because Ruruhime was worried about her.

08:10It turned out that she hadn't logged into the game since that day when Yamada scolded her,

08:14so she promised she would do it later as she realized that was his way of apologizing to her.

08:19Sometime later,

08:20Momo convinced Akane to go on a group blind date with her,

08:22and halfway through it,

08:23Akane wanted to leave,

08:24but Momo refused to let her do that.

08:26Having no choice,

08:27she remained seated and started playing with her phone since that was the better option.

08:30Seeing this,

08:31one of the guys struck up a conversation with her,

08:33saying he'd heard that she was into games,

08:34and asked her to tell him the one she was currently playing

08:36so they could play it together since he also liked games.

08:39Believing him to truly be a gaming geek as he claimed,

08:41Akane started telling him about her online game,

08:44and it quickly became obvious that he was nothing but a clueless idiot.

08:47Later on,

08:47after the date ended and the girls headed home,

08:49Momo expressed her annoyance at the fact that Akane had preferred the company of her phone over the guys.

08:53Akane told her it wasn't her fault that none of the guys had enough riz to capture her attention,

08:57and said it was more fun for her to chat with Ruruhime anyway.

09:00Hearing this,

09:01Momo asked if she'd ever heard of Stranger Danger,

09:03as she didn't think it was a smart move to give out one's contact to a faceless online stranger.

09:07Akane swore that Ruruhime wasn't a stranger,

09:09and then showed her their messages, explaining that Ruri's character was an adorable cutie.

09:13Still not convinced,

09:14Momo pointed out that since anyone could be anything online,

09:17the real Ruruhime might be some lonely, creepy old dude who was trying to lure her.

09:21This statement caused Akane to worry,

09:22as she realized that there might be some truth behind what Momo said.

09:25Later that night,

09:26Akane logged into the online game since she was now pretty much addicted to it,

09:29only to be disappointed that no one else was online.

09:32However,

09:32after a quick look around the guild,

09:34she spotted Ruruhime and Yamada working on a potion outside.

09:36The two were so deep in their conversation that they didn't notice that Akane had logged in,

09:41and since she didn't want to disturb them,

09:42she opted to read their messages instead.

09:44To her surprise,

09:45their conversation sounded like something a couple would have,

09:47and this got Akane wondering if they were together.

09:49Just then,

09:50Yamada drew Ruruhime's attention to the fact that Akane was online,

09:53so the guild master welcomed her.

09:55Akane apologized for interrupting their moment,

09:57but Ruri assured her that she wasn't interrupting anything.

09:59As they continued chatting with each other,

10:01Yamada told them he was logging off,

10:03so Ruruhime promised to call him later.

10:05When Akane read this,

10:06she became even more convinced that the two were an item,

10:08and became sad about it for some reason.

10:10The next day,

10:11while she was in class,

10:12the thought of Ruruhime and Yamada being a couple kept bugging her,

10:15so she considered stalking Yamada's social media to look for clues about the supposed relationship.

10:19On her way home after class,

10:20she was approached by the guy from the group date,

10:22whose name she couldn't remember for the life of her.

10:24As they walked together,

10:25the guy started talking about the online game since he'd gone to do some research on it,

10:29but Akane wasn't interested in talking about that.

10:31What she was interested in knowing was if he knew Yamada,

10:34since he was a popular gamer,

10:35but not surprisingly,

10:36the guy didn't know who Yamada was,

10:38so she zoned out of the conversation.

10:39When they arrived at the station,

10:41she was suddenly drawn to a girl who was a replica of Ruruhime,

10:44and was surprised when the girl joined Yamada.

10:46As they walked away,

10:46Akane kept her focus on them,

10:48because she was convinced that the girl was Ruruhime,

10:50and that she was really Yamada's girlfriend,

10:52even though he claimed he'd never had one.

10:54Soon enough,

10:54her companion noticed that she wasn't listening to him,

10:56and asked if she was alright,

10:57to which she answered that she was.

10:59However,

10:59she added that she had somewhere to be,

11:01and apologized as she walked away,

11:03ignoring the guy when he attempted to call out to her to plan another outing.

11:06Later that night,

11:07Ruruhime texted her to invite her to a Forest of Savior themed cafe,

11:10which was having its grand opening the following month,

11:12and added that when she met Yamada earlier,

11:14he told her he would come.

11:15That last message made Akane convinced that it was truly Ruruhime she saw with Yamada,

11:19but she chose not to bring it up,

11:21and agreed to visit the cafe with them.

11:22The month rolled by quickly,

11:24and soon it was the day of the cafe hangout,

11:25so Ruruhime texted Akane in the morning to remind her of their plans.

11:28On her way there,

11:29Akane texted Momo to let her know where she was going,

11:32and Momo expressed her discomfort with the entire meetup.

11:34Akane assured Momo that she would be fine,

11:36reminding her that Yamada would also be there,

11:38so Momo relaxed.

11:39After leaving the train station,

11:41Akane struggled to find the cafe,

11:42even though she was using the map on her phone.

11:44While considering her next move,

11:46someone bumped into her,

11:47causing her to drop her phone.

11:48But the guy,

11:49Ida,

11:49apologized,

11:50and when he bent to pick the phone,

11:52he caught a glimpse of the pinned location on her map.

11:54After handing the phone to her,

11:55he offered to take her to the cafe,

11:56since he was also heading there,

11:58and Akane was grateful.

11:59However,

11:59when they began walking,

12:00she wondered if she should have turned him down.

12:02Suddenly,

12:03Eta started talking about games,

12:04and asked what her thoughts were on Forest of Savior.

12:07She admitted that she was still a newbie to it,

12:08and when she mentioned that she'd gotten scolded

12:10for putting useless items in the guild's storage,

12:12Eta looked at her in surprise.

12:14He was about to say something,

12:15when he was interrupted by someone calling out his name.

12:17The person was the supposed Ruruhime,

12:19and Akane felt relieved,

12:20seeing her standing there with Yamada,

12:21and a small man.

12:22Excitedly,

12:23she crossed the street to speak to Yamada,

12:24but as she talked to him,

12:26Ruruhime came to stand beside him,

12:27and even held onto his shirt possessively.

12:29The way she stared down,

12:30Akane made her want to run and hide,

12:32but she stood her ground and greeted her like they were besties.

12:35Unfortunately,

12:35Ruruhime didn't return her greeting,

12:37and kept staring at her in annoyance,

12:38before she turned to Eta to ask who Akane was.

12:41Eta told the rude brat,

12:42that Akane was their guildmate,

12:44stopping whatever the girl wanted to say next.

12:46Following this,

12:46they went into the cafe,

12:47and after they got a table for their group of five,

12:49Akane tried to talk to Ruruhime,

12:51but she got angry.

12:52She then demanded to know who Akane was,

12:54and why she kept calling her Ruruhime,

12:55when that wasn't her character's name.

12:57This statement shocked Akane,

12:58but before she could ask follow-up questions,

13:00Eta spoke up and suggested that they all introduce themselves to each other.

13:03He decided to go first,

13:05and after introducing himself,

13:06he revealed that he was Ruruhime,

13:08which shocked Akane more than anything.

13:10The only thing she managed to say was the word,

13:12Nekama,

13:12which was the word used to describe guys who pretended to be girls online.

13:16Eta argued that he wasn't a Nekama,

13:18and then went on to explain that he and his character were the same people,

13:21even though they were different.

13:22This just made Akane even more confused,

13:24but she also felt betrayed,

13:25and accused him of deceiving her with a false identity.

13:28Eta said he'd done no such thing,

13:30claiming that Ruruhime was very much real,

13:32and that she was the one with whom Akane exchanged contacts,

13:35and also confided in.

13:36At that moment,

13:37Akane became convinced that Eta had all the screws loose in his brain,

13:40and decided not to argue with him anymore.

13:42Komoda then introduced himself to Akane,

13:44explaining that the reason they never got to interact in-game,

13:47was that he spent most of his time in the dungeons.

13:49He also introduced Ruruhime as Runa,

13:52Eta's younger sister,

13:53and the model for Ruruhime's character design.

13:55After hearing this,

13:56Akane admitted to Yamada that she had assumed he and Ruruhime were an item,

13:59because of how they interacted in-game.

14:01Yamada explained that Eta was his upperclassman,

14:03so he was morally obligated to do as he instructed,

14:06even though most of the things he asked for were as sus as he was.

14:08Akane then admitted that her assumption about his relationship with Ruruhime

14:12had made her believe that he had lied about never having a girlfriend before.

14:16Hearing this,

14:16Yamada told her that he would never lie about something like that,

14:19so Akane muttered to herself that she was glad.

14:21However,

14:22Runa heard her,

14:22and asked if she was in love with Yamada.

14:24Her brother immediately covered her mouth,

14:26and apologized to Akane for her rudeness,

14:27before he explained that Runa disliked sharing the people she was close to with anyone else.

14:31When Runa finally got free,

14:33she told Eta never to touch her with his dirty hands.

14:35As the siblings bantered,

14:36Akane picked up her glass in an attempt to calm herself,

14:39because Runa's question had affected her more than she cared to admit.

14:42When she noticed Yamada observing her,

14:43she panicked even more,

14:44and accidentally dropped the glass in the process.

14:46She tried to gather the broken piece,

14:48but Yamada wouldn't let her,

14:49as she could get hurt,

14:50and asked her to let the staff handle it.

14:52Feeling embarrassed,

14:53she turned away from him,

14:54and refused to move until she heard him excuse himself to go make a phone call.

14:57Eta followed Yamada outside,

14:59leaving Komodo to try and make things less awkward for Akane,

15:01by telling her more about their guild.

15:03He said that they had all been in the same guild in another game,

15:05and had only started playing Forest of Survivor,

15:08because Eta swore it was as good as Elden Ring.

15:10Runa hardly ever logged into the game,

15:12which was why Akane had never encountered her in the game.

15:14As Komodo talked more,

15:15Runa suddenly started accusing Akane of trying to seduce her brother,

15:18the same way she'd done with Yamada.

15:20Meanwhile, outside the cafe,

15:21Eta asked Yamada why he'd lied about having to make a phone call,

15:24and Yamada admitted it was because he thought his presence was making Akane uncomfortable.

15:28Hearing this,

15:28Eta said Yamada was the most oblivious idiot he'd ever had the privilege of knowing,

15:32and proceeded to explain that Akane had acted the way she did,

15:35because she was embarrassed by what happened.

15:36Yamada pointed out that there wasn't a reason for her to feel embarrassed,

15:39so Eta gave up on educating him about the eighth wonder of the world,

15:43which was women.

15:44Instead, he changed the topic,

15:45and said Yamada's description of Akane was wrong in every way,

15:48but Yamada argued that it wasn't.

15:50Realizing that arguing with Yamada wouldn't get him anywhere,

15:52Eta advised him to start being a little more observant,

15:55so he wouldn't end up alone.

15:56Later on,

15:56the group stood outside the cafe,

15:58and Runa told Komoda that she disliked Akane because she felt she was a pretentious farm tool.

16:02Komoda scolded her for saying such things about someone she barely knew,

16:05but Runa stood by her belief and swore to kick Akane out of their guild,

16:08before she completely wrapped Yamada and Eta around her fingers.

16:11Eventually,

16:12they said goodbye to each other,

16:13but since Yamada and Akane lived in the same area,

16:15they took the same train.

16:16During the ride,

16:16the train suddenly lurched,

16:18causing Akane to fall into Yamada's chest,

16:20so he suggested that they swap places to prevent further accidents,

16:23and she agreed.

16:23Looking around,

16:24she noticed that almost all the females on the train were gawking at Yamada,

16:27and she understood how they felt because she'd done the same when she first met him.

16:30However,

16:31she couldn't help but recall Runa's question about whether she was in love with Yamada,

16:34and wondered what part of her behavior towards him led the girl to assume such a thing.

16:38Pushing the thought aside,

16:39she began talking to Yamada,

16:40who told her that he would be having pudding for dinner.

16:42Akane laughed because she assumed he was clowning,

16:45but realized he wasn't after they left the train station,

16:48and he bought some pudding.

16:49As they walked,

16:49she asked about his eating schedule,

16:51and he admitted that he survived on takeout and convenience store food,

16:54because he couldn't cook.

16:55Hearing this,

16:56Akane asked him to sit on a bench and wait for her,

16:58after which she ran home to gather some food for him.

17:00When she returned,

17:01Yamada was asleep,

17:02but she woke him up and apologized for taking so long before showing him what she brought.

17:06Yamada didn't want to take the food,

17:07but Akane managed to convince him to take it,

17:09and while they were still talking,

17:10her phone rang.

17:11The caller was Runa,

17:12who explained that she'd taken her number from Eita,

17:14because she wanted to apologize for her earlier behavior,

17:17and hoped that they would be friends.

17:18This made Akane happy,

17:19so after she agreed to be her friend,

17:21Runa invited her to a hangout the following Saturday.

17:23After getting the phone,

17:24Akane excitedly told Yamada that she and Runa were now friends,

17:27and that they were going to meet up on Saturday.

17:29When Yamada got home later,

17:30he checked his calendar,

17:31and saw that he had a tutoring session with Runa scheduled for the next Saturday,

17:35and began wondering if he'd misheard the day Akane said she was to meet Runa.

17:38When the day eventually arrived,

17:40Akane went to the place where she and Runa had agreed to meet,

17:42but to her surprise,

17:43it was a man who showed up instead of Runa.

17:45The man kept addressing her as Rurihim,

17:47and no matter how many times Akane tried to explain that she wasn't Rurihim,

17:51the guy didn't listen.

17:52This made her very uncomfortable,

17:53and as he kept talking about how glad he was to meet her,

17:55Runa sent her a text,

17:57saying that she had sent her online gaming friend to keep her company,

18:00because she was running late.

18:01After reading the text,

18:02Akane's discomfort increased,

18:03because she wasn't sure she could spend another second with the guy,

18:06which was why she excused herself to go to the bathroom,

18:08where she locked herself inside one of the stalls,

18:10and tried to call Runa.

18:11Speaking of Runa,

18:12she was at home having a tutoring session with Yamada,

18:14who asked if she had made plans to go somewhere that day.

18:17Runa lied that she hadn't,

18:18but the next moment,

18:19she got a call from Akane,

18:20and quickly ended the call so that Yamada wouldn't see it.

18:22Back in the bathroom where Akane was holed up,

18:24she became worried after Runa rejected her call,

18:26and as she tried to figure out her next move,

18:28the sus guy knocked on the door of her stall.

18:30This forced her to go on alert,

18:31as she realized she could very well become the next breaking news,

18:34so when he asked her to open the door,

18:35she refused.

18:36The man then began trying to force the door open,

18:38and all Akane could do was pray that he wouldn't succeed.

18:40Switching back to Runa,

18:42the annoying brat finally admitted to Yamada

18:44that she'd set Akane up with a stranger,

18:46but defended her actions,

18:47saying she'd done no.

18:48Wrong.

18:49When Yamada asked how she knew the guy,

18:50she revealed that she had contacted Aida's account,

18:53since he was one of Rurihim's diehard fans.

18:55Hearing this,

18:56Yamada turned to leave,

18:57but as soon as he opened the door,

18:58he ran into Aida,

18:59who was there to bring them some snacks.

19:01Seeing the serious looks they wore,

19:03Aida immediately deduced something was off,

19:04so Yamada explained the situation to him.

19:06Following this,

19:07he logged into his account,

19:09and confirmed that Runa had truly used his account

19:11to execute her diabolical plan.

19:13As they read through the messages,

19:14Runa ignored them to look at pictures on her phone,

19:16because she still refused to see that what she'd done was wrong.

19:19As far as she was concerned,

19:21they were better off without Akane,

19:22and she was doing them a favor.

19:24A little while later,

19:25a very worried Komoda arrived,

19:26and began asking questions about Akane.

19:28It turned out that Aida had told the little old man

19:30that Akane had been kidnapped,

19:31so he would hurry over and help them.

19:33Eventually explaining the truth,

19:34they all got into Komoda's van,

19:36and he began driving fast and furious

19:37to get to their destination.

19:39Aida then took the chance to scold and lecture Runa

19:41about what she'd done,

19:42but as expected,

19:43she still refused to acknowledge that she was in the wrong.

19:45When Aida told her that her try-hard Wednesday Adam's attitude

19:47was the reason she had no friends,

19:49she argued that she didn't care

19:50because she had 300 online friends who loved her.

19:53She then demanded to know what was so special about Akane

19:55that had them acting like the world would end

19:57if they didn't find her.

19:58Aida answered her question with a question

20:00by asking if she'd even tried to befriend Akane,

20:02and vice versa.

20:03And that was when Runa locked up completely.

20:05Eventually, they arrived at the general area

20:06of the cafe's location,

20:08and as they began their search,

20:09Yamada spotted Akane first.

20:11Just as he was about to call out to her,

20:12Santa's slightly bigger helper rushed to the table,

20:15and once he confirmed that Akane was in one piece,

20:17he turned his attention to the sus guy.

20:19As he began threatening to take legal action

20:21against the confused guy,

20:22Aida and Yamada got closer and intervened.

20:24Aida explained to Akane that they had rushed over

20:26after hearing that Runa sent someone to meet her,

20:28and they just wanted to be sure

20:29he wasn't a dangerous person.

20:31Just then, Yamada noticed that Akane

20:33had a bandage around her leg,

20:34so he asked what had happened,

20:35and the guy answered that it was his fault.

20:37He briefly explained how Akane

20:38had been startled by him in the bathroom

20:40and had hit her knee against the toilet bowl.

20:42As soon as he finished his explanation,

20:44Aida grabbed the idiot by the collar,

20:45demanding to know why he was in the women's bathroom

20:47in the first place.

20:48Sus guy answered that he'd gone in there

20:50to look for her because she was taking too long to return,

20:53and after she got hurt because of him,

20:54he got the bandages to help relieve the pain.

20:56His explanation didn't do anything to calm.

20:58Aida down, so he pointed out to the guy

21:00that everyone with a properly functioning brain

21:02knew not to go into the opposite gender's bathroom

21:05for any reason.

21:05The guy argued that he'd done nothing wrong

21:07and even told Aida that he was being rude to him,

21:10but Aida didn't care,

21:11as he didn't think the guy deserved any respect.

21:13As he continued scolding him,

21:14Akane turned her attention to Yamada,

21:16who apologized for not telling her

21:17that Runa had a tutoring session with him that day.

21:20Pushing past her surprise,

21:21Akane gaslighted herself into believing

21:22that Runa had stood her up

21:23because she was having a tutoring session.

21:25Just then, she spotted Runa,

21:26but because she didn't scold or reprimand her,

21:29Runa felt uncomfortable and ran off.

21:30Akane tried to go after her,

21:31forgetting that her leg was injured

21:32until it started hurting again.

21:34Hearing Akane's painful gasp

21:35stopped Runa in her tracks,

21:37so she ran back to check on Akane.

21:38As Akane tried to respond,

21:40Aida instructed Runa to come with him

21:41for another round of lecturing.

21:42Not wanting to get scolded again,

21:44the spoiled princess turned to Yamada for help,

21:46but he told her she was on her own

21:47because he also didn't agree

21:48with the stunt she'd pulled.

21:49As Aida began pulling Runa away,

21:51Akane cried out in pain,

21:53saying that she would die

21:53if she didn't get any painkillers soon.

21:55She pleaded with Aida to go buy some for her

21:57and even convinced Yamada and Komoda to accompany him.

22:00As for her unwanted guest,

22:01she told him to beat it

22:02and once it was just her and Runa alone at the table,

22:04she stopped faking her stomachache.

22:06Ignoring the guilty look on Runa's face,

22:08she asked the girl what her level was

22:09in Forest of Savior,

22:10which surprised her.

22:11She had expected Akane to call her out

22:12for what she did.

22:13Instead, she was asking her about the game.

22:15When Akane kept going,

22:16Runa snapped and asked

22:18why she was acting like they were besties

22:20after everything that had happened.

22:21Not giving Akane a chance to respond,

22:23Runa admitted that she'd set everything up

22:25because she disliked her

22:26and wanted her to leave their guild.

22:28Akane didn't know how to respond to Runa's admission,

22:30but when she recalled how worried Runa had been

22:32when she fell earlier,

22:33she told the girl that she would leave her scolding to Aida.

22:35She then told her that she really hoped

22:37they could be friends

22:38and this made Runa start crying like a baby.

22:40She also apologized for her wrongdoing

22:41and when the guys returned later,

22:43they were surprised to see Runa being comforted by Akane.

22:46Days later, Runa visited her new bestie, Akane,

22:48and while they played Forest of Saviour,

22:50Momo complained to them about how hard it was being single.

22:52Eventually, she realized she was speaking to herself

22:54because her two companions were busy with their game.

22:57She became upset and told Akane

22:58that she ought to be worried about her lack of relationship

23:00instead of playing games with Runa.

23:02When she implied that Runa had run away from home,

23:04Akane explained that Runa was only staying away.

23:06During the day,

23:07because things between her and Aida were still a bit tense,

23:10Momo pointed out that if Runa needed a place to lay low,

23:12it should be with people her own age

23:14and this annoyed Runa.

23:15It was no secret that she was friendless,

23:16but she didn't like people rubbing it in,

23:18so she told Momo to stop being jealous

23:20and advised her to go home

23:21instead of polluting the air with her hater aura.

23:23Momo clapped back

23:24and when she not-so-subtly threatened Runa,

23:26the wimpy kid ran into Akane's arms seeking comfort.

23:29Akane then gave her a bag of chips,

23:30which she happily began munching on as the girls talked.

23:33Momo asked Akane questions about Yamada,

23:35trying to find out if there was anything between them

23:37and Akane assured her that there wasn't.

23:38She explained that Yamada was just a good friend of hers

23:41who was helping her improve her gaming.

23:42Runa told Akane that Yamada was the kind of guy

23:44who liked helping others

23:45and said he was still tutoring her,

23:47even though he was studying for his entrance exams.

23:49Seeing as Runa knew more about Yamada than Akane,

23:52Momo turned her attention to her

23:53and in no time,

23:55the two turned into gossip buddies.

23:56They talked about Yamada

23:57and how he'd never been in a relationship

23:59even though he was a walking chick magnet

24:01and Akane ignored them to continue playing her game.

24:04During that time,

24:04she received a notification that Yamada had logged in,

24:07so she sent him a message,

24:08telling him how much she'd leveled up since the last time.

24:10She also showed him her upgraded shoes,

24:12but Yamada pointed out

24:13that she'd used the wrong material to upgrade them,

24:15causing her mood to change.

24:17She'd been so proud of her progress,

24:18but now she had to use her precious gems

24:20to fix her dumb mistake.

24:21Surprisingly, Yamada offered to give her his spare shoes,

24:24but she refused to take them

24:25and told him that she would earn back the gems.

24:27Yamada then wished her good luck

24:28and for the first time,

24:30added a smiling emoji to his message,

24:32which caused Akane to let out a surprised gasp.

24:34As she tried to figure out

24:35if it was truly Yamada or a bot

24:37who replied with the emoji,

24:38Momo suddenly tackled her,

24:39and as she struggled to regain her freedom,

24:41her friend told her to forget about the game for one second.

24:44Yamada refused,

24:44and then after freeing herself,

24:45she returned to her laptop to continue playing her game.

24:48But the next second,

24:49it short-circuited and began smoking,

24:50almost as if the plot gods had taken Momo's side.

24:52That evening at Runa's house,

24:54she pushed aside her pride and spoke to Eta,

24:56telling him about how Akane's laptop went up in smoke

24:58while she was playing Forest of Survivor.

25:00Eta figured it was the update

25:01that overwhelmed Akane's outdated computer

25:03and caused it to crash.

25:04Hearing this,

25:05Runa expressed sadness at the fact

25:06that Akane couldn't play the game anymore

25:08until she'd saved up enough money

25:10to replace her laptop.

25:11The following day,

25:12since Akane no longer had a working computer,

25:14she decided to crack open her books and study,

25:16but it felt like torture

25:17because she'd rather be playing her game.

25:19Just then,

25:20someone knocked on her door,

25:21and when she answered it,

25:22she was surprised to see Yamada and Runa.

25:24Runa explained that she'd brought Yamada over

25:26so he could check on her laptop

25:27because after her discussion with Eta the previous night,

25:30he'd called Yamada

25:31and asked him to come take a look at the laptop.

25:33Yamada hadn't wanted to do it,

25:34but when he remembered how excited Akane had been

25:37about leveling up,

25:38he agreed.

25:38As he stood in Akane's apartment,

25:40he warned her not to get her hopes up,

25:41and when he started working on the computer,

25:43Akane excused herself to get them some snacks.

25:45Runa accompanied her

25:46and told her that she had left her washed plot covers

25:49on display in the room.

25:50Akane immediately rushed back

25:51to collect her precious items,

25:52and after putting them away,

25:54she returned to the kitchen to get the snacks.

25:55When she brought them out,

25:56she asked if they would like her to prepare lunch for them,

25:59and they answered that they would.

26:00Yamada even admitted

26:01that the curry she'd given him the last time

26:02was finger-licking good,

26:04causing her to feel proud of her culinary ability.

26:06Their conversation was lost on Runa,

26:08but seeing how cute they looked,

26:09she couldn't resist taking a photo

26:10and sending it to Eta.

26:11The older sibling immediately texted back,

26:14suggesting that Runa play Cupid,

26:15and the girl had no problem agreeing.

26:17However, since she didn't know how to go about it,

26:19Eta came up with a game plan.

26:20He said it would be to their benefit

26:21if Runa could create a rom-com situation,

26:23but Runa, being Runa,

26:25decided to take things up a notch.

26:26After getting off the phone with her brother,

26:28she put her plan into motion,

26:29and the first step was to force

26:30the two unsuspecting idiots together.

26:32She did this by pushing Akane towards Yamada,

26:35hoping he would catch her,

26:36but what happened was that Akane's hair clip

26:38poked Yamada in the face.

26:39When Akane realized this,

26:40she quickly grabbed his face

26:41to inspect it for any injuries

26:43and didn't even notice

26:44how close their faces were

26:45until Yamada spoke up,

26:46asking her to move away.

26:47This led her to assume

26:48that he was annoyed with her,

26:49so she started apologizing

26:50and instructed Runa to do the same,

26:52since she was the one

26:53who caused the accident in the first place.

26:55Yamada assured them that he was fine

26:56and that he held no grudge,

26:57but the girls weren't sure

26:58if they should believe him.

26:59He then got up to leave,

27:00saying he had to rush home

27:01to get a few more things

27:02to fix Akane's laptop.

27:03As soon as the door shut behind him,

27:05Runa told Akane that Yamada's

27:06sudden departure felt like

27:07he was running away from them.

27:08This made Akane more worried,

27:10as she was now convinced

27:11that Yamada had been annoyed

27:12that she touched him

27:13without his permission,

27:14even though it had been

27:15for his own good.

27:15Later in the day,

27:16when Yamada returned

27:17to Akane's apartment,

27:18he found both girls fast asleep

27:19and his lunch waiting

27:20for him on the table.

27:21Not wanting to disturb them,

27:23he began doing his work

27:24as quietly as possible,

27:25but one of his screwdrivers fell

27:26and rolled next to the sleeping Akane.

27:28Fortunately,

27:29she was deeply asleep

27:29and didn't hear anything,

27:30so he quietly picked it up,

27:32but instead of moving,

27:33he remained there staring at her.

27:34During that time,

27:35he noticed that her hair was up

27:36and decided that he didn't like it,

27:37so he removed her hair clip

27:39and let her down

27:39like she was Rapunzel.

27:40Suddenly,

27:41the doorbell rang,

27:41so Yamada went to answer it

27:43since the girls

27:43were still dead to the world.

27:45The person on the other side

27:46of the door turned out

27:47to be Takuma,

27:47and he was beyond shocked

27:48to see Yamada

27:49and not Akane answering the door.

27:51He hadn't believed Akane's lie

27:52that she was with Yamada,

27:53but seeing Yamada there

27:54made him rethink

27:55what he thought he knew

27:56to be the truth.

27:57Yamada asked what he had come there for,

27:58and Takuma explained

27:59that he'd come to return

28:00all the containers Akane had used

28:02to pack him lunch

28:02when they were still together.

28:04It turned out

28:04that his conscience

28:05had been pricking him,

28:06and the containers

28:07were a constant reminder

28:08of what he'd done,

28:09so he used them

28:09as an excuse

28:10to come check on her.

28:11He admitted that he'd hoped

28:12that seeing her again

28:13and confirming

28:13that she was doing okay

28:14would give him some peace of mind.

28:16Yamada assured him

28:16that Akane had moved on

28:17and was thriving,

28:18so Takuma handed the containers

28:20to him

28:20and pleaded with him

28:21not to let Akane know

28:22that he had dropped by.

28:23To explain where

28:23the containers had come from,

28:25Takuma told Yamada

28:26to tell Akane

28:26that he'd found them

28:27by the door.

28:28After he took his leave,

28:29Akane suddenly opened the door,

28:30catching Yamada off guard,

28:32but he didn't let it show

28:33and told her

28:33that he'd found the containers

28:34outside the door,

28:36just like Takuma

28:36had asked him to tell her.

28:37To his surprise,

28:38Akane started laughing,

28:39but she didn't call him out

28:40for lying,

28:41and when they went back inside,

28:42Yamada returned Akane's hair clip

28:44since he still had it.

28:45Akane was surprised

28:46to learn the reason he had it

28:47and asked why he'd taken

28:48the clip off,

28:48to which he answered

28:49that he wasn't sure why.

28:50For some reason,

28:51his response made the butterflies

28:52in her stomach flutter,

28:53and she liked it.

28:54Later that week,

28:55Akane went for a job interview

28:56at a convenience store

28:57in her area,

28:57and on her way back home,

28:59she called Momo

29:00to tell her how it went.

29:01Momo questioned

29:02why she had applied for a job

29:03when she wasn't strapped for cash

29:04and didn't have to save up

29:05for a new computer,

29:06since Yamada had fixed hers.

29:08Akane explained

29:08that most of the parts

29:09Yamada used to fix her computer

29:10were given to him by Ada,

29:12so she wanted to pay them back,

29:13because she didn't feel

29:14comfortable taking freebies.

29:15Understanding her reason,

29:16Momo wished her luck

29:17with the new job

29:18and told her that she had to go

29:19because she was on

29:20another group date,

29:21which she hoped

29:21would work out in her favor.

29:22Later in the day,

29:23since she was bored,

29:24Akane logged into

29:25Forest of Survivors

29:26and saw that Rurihime

29:27was the only one

29:28in their guild room,

29:28so she approached her.

29:30While they chatted,

29:31Rurihime revealed

29:32that Komodo was also online,

29:34which surprised Akane

29:35as she didn't see

29:36his character anywhere,

29:37so Rurihime drew her attention

29:38to the tiny floating creature

29:40next to her.

29:40After getting over

29:41the shock of seeing him,

29:42Akane told Rurihime

29:43that she wanted to pay back

29:45the parts she was given

29:45for her computer

29:46and asked how much

29:47it would cover the costs.

29:48Rurihime assured her

29:49that she didn't have

29:50to pay for anything

29:51as the parts were gifts,

29:52but Akane insisted

29:53that she wanted to pay for them,

29:54so Rurihime gave in.

29:55However,

29:56she told Akane

29:57that instead of paying

29:57with cash,

29:58she could pay with her brains

29:59by helping her complete

30:00the plans she was making

30:01with Komodo for the guild,

30:03and Akane agreed.

30:03Meanwhile,

30:04Yamada was at school

30:05doing his part

30:06in helping his classmates

30:07with the preparation

30:08for their upcoming

30:09school festival.

30:09When he stepped out

30:10to throw the trash away,

30:11some girls began discussing

30:12among themselves

30:13about how to approach him.

30:14While they were still

30:14being indecisive,

30:15a boy walked up to Yamada

30:17and tried to convince him

30:17to sign up for the pageant.

30:19He told Yamada

30:19that he wouldn't have

30:20any problem winning

30:21the competition

30:21because his adoring fans

30:23would vote for him,

30:23but Yamada refused.

30:25Moments after they finished

30:26dropping off the trash,

30:27someone called out

30:28to Yamada

30:28from their classroom window

30:29to tell him

30:30that his phone was ringing.

30:31When he returned to class,

30:32he found that his phone

30:32had been placed on a towel

30:34and Tsubaki,

30:34the girl whose desk

30:35was beside his,

30:36claimed responsibility for it.

30:37She explained that

30:38she'd done it

30:39because the vibration

30:40of the phone

30:40had been a distraction.

30:41Yamada apologized

30:42for the inconvenience,

30:43and after he returned

30:44her towel to her,

30:45she told him

30:45that she'd watched

30:46his gaming live stream

30:47the night before

30:48and had some thoughts

30:49she wished to share.

30:50The major one

30:50was that his aims

30:51had been too sloppy

30:52and slow,

30:53and she wanted to know

30:53if he was losing his touch

30:54for shooting games

30:55because he'd been spending

30:56most of his time

30:57playing Forest of Survivor.

30:58Yamada explained

30:59that the fault

31:00had come from the game's servers,

31:01which had been overloaded,

31:03causing him to lag,

31:04but Tsubaki didn't believe him.

31:05She accused him

31:06of making excuses

31:06because he didn't want

31:07to admit that he was

31:08losing his touch.

31:09Her words left Yamada

31:10speechless because he knew

31:11there was nothing

31:11he could say

31:12to convince Tsubaki

31:13that he was telling the truth.

31:14Turning his attention

31:15to his phone,

31:16he noticed Eita

31:16had sent to their guild's

31:17group chat,

31:18asking Yamada

31:18to get tickets

31:19for all the guild members

31:20to his school festival

31:21because Akane had agreed

31:22to sponsor them.

31:23When the day of the school

31:23festival arrived,

31:25Akane, Runa, and Komoda

31:26met outside the school gates,

31:27and a little while

31:28after they went in,

31:29they spotted Eita.

31:30However,

31:30they immediately pretended

31:32not to know him

31:32because the idiot

31:33was wearing bunny ears,

31:34which made him look

31:35like a joke.

31:35Turning her attention

31:36to Runa,

31:37Akane asked the younger girl

31:38what she wanted to eat,

31:39and Runa answered

31:40that she was fine,

31:41which surprised Akane.

31:42Unsure of why that was,

31:43Akane looked to Komoda

31:44for assistance,

31:45and he told her

31:46that Runa was nervous

31:46about being at the school

31:47because she was supposed

31:48to write its entrance exam

31:50the following year.

31:50Hearing this,

31:51Akane tried cheering Runa up,

31:52and Komoda joined her,

31:53telling Runa that she would

31:54surely ace the exams,

31:56but Runa didn't share

31:57his thoughts.

31:57As they continued

31:58walking around,

31:59Runa told Akane

31:59that she needed

32:00to use the bathroom,

32:01so Akane escorted her

32:02to the bathroom.

32:03While waiting for Runa

32:03to get her business done,

32:05Akane received a text

32:06from Eita,

32:06which said they would

32:07all meet outside

32:08in 15 minutes.

32:09Wondering if Yamada

32:10was aware of this,

32:11Runa thought to text him,

32:11but had second thoughts

32:12about it because

32:13she didn't want him

32:14to think she was eager

32:15to see him or something.

32:16Just as she was about

32:17to put her phone away,

32:18she heard the sound

32:18of boxes falling

32:19and turned in that direction.

32:20To her surprise,

32:21Yamada was there

32:22helping his classmates

32:23to carry the boxes,

32:24so she tried to get

32:24his attention,

32:25but was overshadowed

32:26by one of his classmates.

32:27As they talked,

32:28Akane hoped that Yamada

32:29would turn to look at her,

32:30but he didn't,

32:31and even walked back

32:32into his classroom.

32:33Feeling disappointed,

32:34Akane returned to her spot

32:35by the bathroom door,

32:36but just as she decided

32:37to go in to look for Runa,

32:38Yamada reached her shoulder.

32:40As though sensing him,

32:40Akane turned around

32:41and he explained

32:42that he had seen her

32:43standing there earlier,

32:44but when he tried to approach,

32:46the thing with the boxes happened.

32:47Hearing that he'd noticed her first

32:48made Akane happy,

32:49but she quickly fixed her face

32:51and left to check on Runa

32:52when Yamada asked

32:52why she was smiling.

32:53Unknown to them,

32:54an expressionless Tsubaki

32:55was watching them

32:56from the door of her classroom,

32:57and she wondered

32:58who Akane was to Yamada.

32:59A little while later,

33:00Akane and Yamada

33:01took Runa to the infirmary

33:02because her nerves

33:03had refused to go away

33:04and were affecting

33:04her stomach badly.

33:05When Yamada tried

33:06to text Ada

33:07about Runa's condition,

33:08she snatched his phone away

33:09and told him

33:09that if Ada found out,

33:10he would take her home.

33:11She said she wasn't ready

33:12to go home yet

33:13because she hadn't eaten

33:14any of the delicious food

33:15she'd seen.

33:16Akane then asked

33:16what she wanted,

33:17promising to buy everything,

33:19so Runa listed

33:20what she wanted,

33:20adding that she also

33:21wanted a t-shirt.

33:22After Yamada and Akane

33:23left the infirmary,

33:24they began getting looks

33:25from all the students

33:26who were surprised to see

33:27that the ice prince

33:27was with a girl.

33:28Their attention

33:29made Akane uncomfortable,

33:30but Yamada,

33:31who was already used

33:31to the celebrity lifestyle

33:32didn't seem to care.

33:34Suddenly,

33:34he bumped into

33:35his physical education teacher

33:36and when the man

33:37saw that he was with a girl,

33:38he started teasing him,

33:39saying he didn't know

33:40that he had serious game.

33:41After he left,

33:42some of Yamada's

33:42underclassmen approached them

33:43to ask if they were dating

33:45and Akane answered

33:46that they weren't.

33:46Still,

33:47the girls kept asking questions

33:48to satisfy their curiosity

33:49and when Akane and Yamada

33:50finally escaped

33:51from their clutches,

33:52they collapsed on some benches

33:53outside to catch their breath.

33:54Eita and Komoda

33:55happened to find them there,

33:56so Eita laughed

33:57and revealed to Akane

33:58that Runa had gone through

33:59the same thing

33:59the year before.

34:00He then suggested

34:01that they start dating for real

34:02so that Yamada's fans

34:03would get off his back.

34:04Akane became shocked

34:05and when Eita realized

34:06that his joke

34:06had left her feeling embarrassed,

34:08he tried to apologize

34:09but Akane didn't want to listen.

34:11She immediately left,

34:12saying she was going to see Runa,

34:13so Yamada rushed after her,

34:14surprising Eita,

34:15who was about to do

34:16the same thing.

34:17Akane didn't even notice

34:18that Yamada had followed her

34:19because she was busy

34:20freaking out about

34:20what had happened,

34:21but when she finally noticed him,

34:23she refused to stop.

34:24Her escape plan almost failed

34:25when she accidentally

34:26bumped into Tsubaki,

34:27but she got back up

34:28and apologized to the girl

34:29before running off again.

34:30As Tsubaki wondered

34:31what had happened to Akane,

34:32she spotted Yamada approaching,

34:34so she decided to ask him instead.

34:35However, Yamada ignored her

34:37and called out to Akane,

34:38asking her to wait for him,

34:39which she surprisingly did.

34:41He then approached her

34:41and apologized for letting Eita

34:43make such a stupid joke,

34:44but his words were lost on Akane,

34:45as she was still stunned

34:47that Yamada had said her name

34:48for the first time

34:48since she met him.

34:49When she pointed it out,

34:50Yamada argued that it wasn't so,

34:52but she assured him that it was,

34:53and said she'd been so sure

34:55that he didn't even know

34:56what her name was

34:56until he said a few seconds ago.

34:58Just then, Akane noticed

34:59that they had become

35:00the center of attention again,

35:01so she grabbed Yamada's hand

35:02and ran upstairs

35:03to the door of the rooftop

35:04so they could be alone.

35:05After she apologized

35:06for dragging him away

35:07without any explanation,

35:08Yamada apologized again

35:09for what had happened outside.

35:10Akane assured him

35:11that she wasn't angry

35:12and explained that she'd run off

35:13because she felt embarrassed.

35:15Confused, Yamada asked

35:16why a dumb joke

35:16would make her feel embarrassed,

35:18but Akane refused

35:18to give him the details

35:19and said all he had to know

35:20was that she wasn't upset.

35:22Yamada then turned to leave,

35:23but Akane stopped him

35:24to ask what he would have done

35:25if she had agreed to go alone

35:26with Eita's stupid joke.

35:28Yamada didn't respond for a while

35:29and when it looked like

35:30he'd found the right words to use,

35:32Akane cut him off,

35:33saying she was also joking.

35:34However, Yamada didn't let it go

35:35and told her that

35:36if she had agreed to date him,

35:37he would consider it an honor

35:39because she was far above his league.

35:40This answer surprised Akane,

35:42but she didn't know

35:42how to convince Yamada

35:43that he was the one out of her league,

35:45so she kept quiet

35:45and went with him

35:46to get Runa's things.

35:47Days later, Yamada went shopping

35:48at the convenience store

35:49where Akane worked

35:50and after she rang up his items,

35:52she asked him to wait outside

35:53for a few minutes

35:54as her shift was about to end.

35:56While he did this,

35:57Akane's older co-worker

35:58asked who Yamada was to her

35:59and she answered

36:00that he was her friend,

36:01but the woman didn't believe that.

36:03She told Akane

36:04that she could bet her paycheck

36:05that Akane had feelings for Yamada

36:07and Akane admitted

36:08that she didn't know

36:08what her exact feelings

36:10for Yamada were.

36:10A little while later,

36:11she clocked out of work

36:12and rushed to meet Yamada outside.

36:14She apologized for making him wait

36:15and explained that it was because

36:16she wanted to give him the bento

36:18as her way to repay him

36:19for fixing her computer.

36:20They then walked to the traffic light

36:21and as they waited

36:23for it to turn green,

36:24Akane sneezed.

36:24Believing she was coming down

36:25with something,

36:26she began searching her bag

36:27for a face mask

36:28and didn't notice

36:29she was about to get hit by a bike

36:30until Yamada pulled her out of the way.

36:32Akane froze because of his touch,

36:33but she quickly regained her composure

36:35and returned to searching for her mask.

36:36After she put it on,

36:37she turned to look at Yamada,

36:38but the boy looked as unbothered

36:40as he always did,

36:40so she didn't say anything.

36:42Later in the day,

36:42while Akane was getting her nails done by Momo,

36:44a frantic Runa called her

36:46and told her that there was trouble.

36:47However,

36:48when Akane met Runa

36:49in a playground later,

36:50the girl seemed fine,

36:51so she took the swing beside her

36:52and that was when Runa asked

36:53if she'd seen Ada's message

36:54in the group chat.

36:55Akane answered that she had,

36:57so Runa questioned

36:57how she could remain so calm

36:59when they were about

36:59to get a new guild member.

37:01Akane told her

37:01that a new guild member

37:02wasn't a reason for her

37:03to get all hysterical,

37:04but Runa argued that it was.

37:06As far as she was concerned,

37:07they didn't need a new guild mate

37:08and she was prepared

37:09to send the person away.

37:10She then pulled out a notebook

37:11where she'd written down

37:12a few plans

37:13to drive their new member away,

37:14but Akane told her

37:15that she wouldn't be a part

37:17of her plans

37:17and told her to forget about it.

37:18Runa was unhappy with this,

37:20but she'd already expected

37:21Miss Goody Two-Shoes to refuse,

37:22so she dropped the subject

37:23about running the new member off.

37:25She admitted that Ada

37:26had already warned her

37:27against doing anything

37:28to the new guild member

37:29who happened to be

37:30Yamada's classmate

37:31and close friend.

37:31Akane was surprised to learn

37:32that the self-made loner

37:34had any friends at all,

37:35especially female ones,

37:36but Runa assured her

37:37that she had nothing to worry about

37:38because she assumed

37:39Akane's reaction

37:40was due to jealousy.

37:41Runa then saved Yamada's contact

37:42on Akane's phone

37:43and asked her to call him

37:44to ask about the new guild member

37:46since she was dying

37:47to know more about

37:47the mystery girl.

37:48At that time,

37:49Yamada was at his prep school

37:50with a nabaki

37:51and a guy named Okamoto,

37:52and when Akane's call came in,

37:54he refused to answer it

37:55because he didn't recognize

37:56the number.

37:56When Okamoto saw this,

37:58he began teasing Yamada,

37:59saying that he

38:00didn't want to pick up

38:01because he knew

38:01it was one of his

38:02many admirers calling,

38:03but of course,

38:04Yamada ignored him.

38:05Hours later,

38:05after their classes

38:06had concluded,

38:07the three of them

38:07began walking

38:08towards the train station together,

38:10but Okamoto started whining

38:11that he was hungry.

38:12Just then,

38:12Yamada's phone rang again,

38:13so he was forced

38:14to answer it this time

38:15and was surprised

38:15when he learned

38:16that it was Akane

38:17on the other end of the phone.

38:18As they talked,

38:18Akane sneezed,

38:20causing him to ask

38:20if she was feeling okay,

38:21and she answered

38:22that she was.

38:23Shortly after,

38:23she told him

38:24that she had to go

38:24because she was running

38:25late for work,

38:26and after they hung up,

38:27Tsubaki asked

38:27who he'd been talking to.

38:28Yamada simply answered

38:29that it was Akane,

38:30like Tsubaki knew

38:31who he was talking about.

38:32However,

38:32she figured out

38:33who Akane was

38:34after recalling their encounter

38:35at the festival.

38:36Yamada then told her

38:36that Akane was a member

38:38of his guild

38:38and said that Tsubaki

38:39would get to know her better

38:40once she joined their guild.

38:42Tsubaki became curious

38:43after he said this,

38:44so she asked

38:45what kind of person Akane was.

38:46Not surprisingly,

38:47Yamada admitted

38:48that he didn't know

38:49how best to describe Akane

38:50and told her

38:51to just be the judge

38:52when she became

38:53acquainted with Akane.

38:54The following day,

38:55while Yamada was over

38:56at Runa's place

38:57tutoring her,

38:58Akane called the younger girl

38:59to tell her

38:59that she wouldn't log

39:00into the game that night

39:01because she wasn't

39:02feeling well.

39:03Runa sympathized with her,

39:04and after she hung up the phone,

39:05she informed Yamada

39:06that Akane was sick,

39:07but he didn't say anything.

39:08Meanwhile,

39:09after getting off the phone

39:10with Runa,

39:10Akane struggled

39:11to get a glass of water

39:12for herself,

39:12and when she tried

39:13to drink it,

39:14she discovered

39:14that her throat

39:15was too swollen

39:16to allow her to swallow.

39:17Despite this,

39:18she still decided

39:18to take some medicine,

39:19but remembered

39:20that she hadn't eaten all day.

39:22She tried calling Momo

39:23to help her get some food,

39:24but Momo didn't pick up,

39:25so she decided

39:26to force herself out of bed

39:27to go to the convenience store.

39:28She somehow made it downstairs

39:29without hurting herself,

39:30but fell when she attempted

39:31to climb onto her bike

39:32to ride it.

39:33Realizing that she couldn't

39:34go anywhere in her condition,

39:35she decided to return

39:36to her apartment,

39:37but she was too weak

39:38to stand up

39:38and put her bike

39:39back in its place.

39:40Just as she was about

39:41to give up,

39:41someone arrived

39:42and helped her with the bike.

39:43Through her hazy gaze,

39:44she made out Yamada's silhouette,

39:45but assumed it was

39:46a fever-induced hallucination.

39:48Didn't think much of it

39:48before allowing

39:49the darkness to take her.

39:50Right before she hit the ground,

39:52Yamada caught her

39:52and took her back

39:53to her apartment.

39:54Meanwhile,

39:54Okamoto and Tsubaki

39:55attempted to call Yamada

39:56because he was running late,

39:57but he didn't pick up.

39:58Always one to make jokes,

39:59Okamoto told Tsubaki

40:00that Yamada was most likely

40:02hanging out with a girl,

40:03which was why

40:03he wasn't taking their calls.

40:04Tsubaki didn't seem

40:05to think his joke

40:06was funny

40:07and told him

40:07that Yamada

40:08wasn't the type of guy

40:09who would blow off

40:09his studies for a girl,

40:11but Okamoto disagreed.

40:12He claimed that love

40:13changed people

40:13and advised her

40:14to make a move on Yamada

40:15before another girl

40:16beat her to it.

40:17Surprisingly,

40:18Tsubaki didn't deny

40:19having feelings for Yamada

40:20and pointed out

40:20that she was well aware

40:21that she could lose Yamada

40:23at any moment.

40:24When she started crying,

40:25Okamoto was surprised

40:26and didn't know

40:26what to do to comfort her.

40:27It turned out

40:28that her feelings for Yamada

40:29hadn't developed

40:30at first sight.

40:31In fact,

40:31the first time

40:31she talked to Yamada,

40:32it was because she wanted

40:33to request that he allow her

40:35to sit and observe his gameplay.

40:36They had played a game

40:37against each other

40:38the day before

40:38and even though Yamada

40:40won fair and square,

40:41Tsubaki assumed he'd cheated.

40:42Yamada didn't have

40:43anything to hide

40:44so he agreed to let her

40:45watch his next gameplay

40:46and after he finished

40:47playing the game,

40:48she apologized to him

40:49for falsely accusing him.

40:50After that day,

40:51they became friends

40:51and Tsubaki bore witness

40:53to all the love confessions

40:54Yamada received.

40:55Each time,

40:55she felt sorry for the girl

40:56who got rejected by him

40:58so one day,

40:59she asked Yamada

40:59why he always rejected

41:00the girls who confessed to him.

41:01Yamada explained

41:02that he rejected the girls

41:03because he didn't have feelings

41:05for them,

41:05making her assume

41:06he had someone he liked

41:07so she asked who it was.

41:08Yamada said that he didn't

41:09have feelings for anyone

41:10and for some reason,

41:11he decided to tell her

41:12about the first girl

41:13who had confessed to him.

41:14He said that the girl

41:15used to get bullied a lot

41:16so because of that,

41:17she avoided coming to school

41:18as much as she could.

41:19Whenever she was absent,

41:20their teacher would give him

41:21her assignments and notes

41:22to drop off at her place.

41:23When she finally decided

41:24to return to school full time,

41:25the bullying intensified

41:26so Yamada decided

41:27to stick beside her

41:28and be her unofficial protector.

41:30One day,

41:30the girl suddenly asked

41:31if he would remain

41:32at her side forever

41:33and Yamada said

41:33that wasn't something

41:34he could do.

41:35Hearing this,

41:35the girl became sad

41:36as it dawned on her

41:37that he'd only stayed with her

41:38because he felt sorry for her

41:40and not because he had feelings

41:41for her,

41:41as she'd assumed.

41:42She was so sad

41:43that she cried her heart out

41:44and after that day,

41:45he never saw her again

41:46because she transferred

41:47to another school.

41:48However,

41:48Yamada never forgot about her

41:49because he felt

41:50that if he had given her

41:51the response she wanted,

41:52she never would have cried

41:53and he felt guilty.

41:54That guilt he carried

41:55was the reason

41:55he felt uncomfortable

41:56around girls

41:57and was usually so blunt with them

41:58while rejecting their confessions.

41:59Tsubaki was left speechless

42:01after hearing his story

42:02but vowed that she would

42:03never fall for him

42:04as that was the worst thing

42:05she could do to herself.

42:06Back in the present,

42:07Yamada tried to give Akane

42:08some water

42:08but it spilt out of her mouth

42:09because the swelling

42:10in her throat

42:11wouldn't let it go down.

42:12He then removed the wet pillow

42:13from underneath her head

42:14and tried to cool her temperature

42:15down with a wet cloth.

42:17Unfortunately,

42:17all his efforts were in vain

42:19so he gave up

42:20and decided to carry her

42:21to the hospital

42:21before her condition worsened.

42:23A few hours later,

42:24Akane woke up feeling much better

42:25and tried to figure out

42:26how she got back

42:27to her apartment

42:27because the last thing

42:28she remembered

42:29was that she was standing

42:30near her bike.

42:30When she tried to get out of bed,

42:32she spotted Yamada

42:33sleeping on the floor

42:33and almost screamed in surprise

42:35so she quietly walked

42:36to the balcony door

42:37and opened it

42:38to let some air into the room

42:39as it was suddenly feeling stuffy.

42:41Yamada woke up

42:42when the cold night air hit him

42:43and when he saw

42:43that it was Akane

42:44who opened the door,

42:45he immediately got up

42:46to close it

42:47and as soon as he did,

42:48she sneezed.

42:49After cleaning her nose

42:50with a handful of tissues,

42:51she asked Yamada

42:52what he was doing

42:52in her apartment

42:53when he knew

42:54she was a walking Petri dish.

42:55Yamada calmly told her

42:56to relax

42:56and promised that

42:57he would explain everything

42:58to her once she was

42:59back in her bed.

43:00Having no choice,

43:01Akane agreed

43:01and once she was settled in,

43:03Yamada explained

43:03how he'd found her

43:04in the bike area

43:05while on his way

43:05to her apartment.

43:06His explanation made her

43:07realize that she hadn't

43:08been tripping

43:08when she saw him earlier

43:09and knowing that

43:10he'd taken it upon himself

43:11to care for her

43:12made her feel emotional

43:13so she started crying.

43:14Seeing her tears

43:15made Yamada worried

43:16but she assured him

43:17they were tears of joy

43:18and thanked him

43:19for not leaving her

43:20to die outside.

43:21After she finished

43:22being dramatic,

43:23he gave her some yogurt

43:24to eat

43:24and once she was done

43:25eating it,

43:25she returned the cup

43:26to him.

43:27Just then,

43:27one of her legs

43:28suddenly began cramping

43:29because she'd placed it

43:30wrongly and when she

43:31cried out in pain,

43:32Yamada instructed her

43:33to stretch it out.

43:34Akane didn't want to

43:35as the pain was too much

43:36so Yamada pushed

43:37her blanket aside

43:37and got into bed with her.

43:38As soon as she realized

43:39what his intentions were,

43:40he began panicking

43:41and kicked out her

43:42unhurt leg

43:42in a desperate attempt

43:43to stop him

43:44but it didn't work.

43:45Yamada easily dodged

43:46her flailing leg

43:47and worked on relieving

43:48the pain she felt

43:48in the other leg.

43:49After he accomplished

43:50his goal,

43:50he told her she was

43:51just being a big baby

43:52and Akane thanked him

43:53for helping her

43:54but he didn't respond.

43:55He kept staring intently

43:56at her,

43:56making her wonder

43:57if she'd drooled

43:57on her face or something.

43:59The next moment,

43:59he stretched out

44:00his hand towards her,

44:01causing her to back away

44:02in surprise

44:02and bump her head

44:03in the process.

44:04However,

44:04her pain was soon forgotten

44:05when she realized

44:06that Yamada had been

44:07reaching for the yogurt spoon

44:08and not her.

44:09To her surprise,

44:10Yamada laughed

44:11at how silly she was being

44:12so she told him

44:13to knock it off

44:13and complained

44:14that he was mistreating

44:15a patient.

44:15The following morning,

44:16Akane thanked Yamada

44:17again for taking care of her

44:18but when he tried to leave,

44:20she grabbed his jacket

44:20to stop him.

44:21Thinking she wanted something,

44:22Yamada asked what it was

44:23but she quickly let go of him

44:25and apologized,

44:26saying it had been

44:26a subconscious action.

44:28This made Yamada

44:28weirdly look at her

44:29but she told him

44:30not to think too much about it

44:31and leave to avoid

44:32being late for school

44:33so he did.

44:34Hours later,

44:34Momo arrived at Akane's house

44:36with groceries

44:36and apologized to Akane

44:37for airing her calls

44:38the night before.

44:39Akane told her

44:40that she had already

44:41forgiven her

44:41and revealed that Yamada

44:43had taken care of her

44:43the entire night

44:44which surprised Momo

44:45so she asked if Akane

44:46had failed to tell her

44:47that she was now

44:48dating Yamada.

44:49Akane said they weren't dating

44:50so Momo pointed out

44:51how unusual it was

44:52for a guy to spend the night

44:53taking care of a girl

44:54who was neither his girlfriend

44:55nor his close relative.

44:57As far as she was concerned,

44:58he had to have feelings

44:59for Akane

44:59or else he wouldn't have done that.

45:00However,

45:01she decided to wait

45:01until Akane was fully recovered

45:03to talk about her relationship

45:04with Yamada.

45:05When it was time for her to leave,

45:07Momo told her that

45:07when it came to love,

45:08timing was everything

45:09so she had better act fast.

45:11Later in the day,

45:12Akane logged into

45:13Forest of Survivor.

45:14Hoping that Rurime would be online

45:15and they could go hunting together.

45:17Luckily for her,

45:18Ruriheim was online

45:18but she wasn't alone

45:19as Tsubaki was with her

45:20so Akane joined them

45:22and after introducing herself to her,

45:24she invited her

45:24and Ruriheim to go hunting.

45:26Tsubaki didn't feel like going

45:27but they convinced her

45:28that it would be a great way

45:29to gain experience

45:29and Akane even promised

45:31to show her a few tricks

45:32while they were at it

45:32so she agreed.

45:33When they arrived

45:34at the hunting ground,

45:35Ruriheim changed her mind

45:36about hunting

45:36and sat under a tree

45:37while Akane and Tsubaki

45:39struggled to defeat

45:39a boss level monster.

45:40When they asked her to help them,

45:42she refused

45:42and just kept healing them

45:43whenever their health points

45:45got very low.

45:46Desperate to win,

45:47the girls started pressing

45:47all the skill buttons at once,

45:49hoping to unlock

45:50some special move

45:51that would defeat their opponent.

45:52You know,

45:52it didn't work.

45:53As a last resort,

45:53Tsubaki came up with an idea

45:55but that also didn't work

45:56and in the end,

45:57the monster walked away

45:58because they couldn't defeat it.

45:59Surprisingly,

46:00this shameful defeat

46:01didn't lower their spirits

46:02and they began discussing

46:03what they had noticed

46:04during their fight

46:05with the monster.

46:05They were sure

46:06that all these facts

46:07would help them

46:07the next time

46:08they encountered the monster

46:09so they didn't leave anything out.

46:10Eventually,

46:11when Rurihime was fixing

46:12Tsubaki's armor,

46:13Akane logged out of the game

46:14and immediately called Yamada

46:15to tell him about

46:16how her hunt

46:17with Tsubaki had gone.

46:18During the conversation,

46:19she asked for tips

46:20on how to defeat

46:20the boss level monsters

46:22and that was how

46:23what was supposed to be

46:24a brief conversation

46:25went on for hours.

46:26When Akane finally realized

46:27how much time had passed,

46:28she told Yamada

46:29she was glad

46:29she got to hear his voice

46:30and then hung up the phone.

46:31However,

46:32her hands wouldn't stop shaking

46:33because she knew

46:34what saying those words to him meant.

46:36Before she could go

46:36into full panic mode,

46:38she called Momo

46:38and told her

46:39that she had something

46:40important to discuss with her.

46:41Believing it was something

46:42related to Yamada,

46:43Momo refused to have

46:44the discussion over the phone

46:45and insisted that they meet up

46:46and talk about it

46:47when Akane was fully recovered.

46:49So, a week later,

46:50they met at a cafe

46:51but Momo was completely disappointed

46:53when she learned

46:53that the so-called

46:54important discussion

46:55was about Takuma

46:56and not Yamada.

46:58Akane asked Momo

46:59if she could tell her

47:00why Takuma dumped her

47:01and instead of answering

47:02the dumb question,

47:03Momo called the waiter

47:03over to take their orders.

47:05After the waiter left,

47:06Momo expressed her disappointment

47:07at hearing that it was Takuma

47:08that Akane wished to discuss.

47:10She asked if Akane

47:10was still hung up

47:11and the guy and Akane

47:12assured her that she wasn't.

47:14She explained that

47:14she was only curious

47:15to find out why

47:16she'd been dumped

47:17because she believed

47:18it was the only way

47:19she could move on completely.

47:20Hearing this,

47:21Momo realized how

47:21what happened had left

47:22Akane feeling insecure

47:23so she assured her

47:24that she hadn't been the problem.

47:26At that moment,

47:26two guys walked into the cafe

47:27and when they spotted Momo

47:29and Akane,

47:29they approached their table,

47:31ignoring the waitress

47:32who was trying to get their attention.

47:33As soon as Momo noticed them,

47:34she recognized them

47:35from the last group date

47:36she'd been on

47:37and she wasn't happy

47:37since they had been

47:38too handsy for comfort.

47:39She told Akane to ignore them

47:41so that was what she did

47:42but the guys were too stupid

47:43to understand

47:43when they weren't wanted

47:44because they were talking

47:45to the girls.

47:46Just as it was becoming

47:46too uncomfortable,

47:47the waiter returned

47:48with their order

47:48and Akane was surprised

47:50to see that it was Ata.

47:51Having read the situation,

47:52Ata calmly asked the guys

47:53who they were

47:54and they answered

47:54that they were old friends

47:56of Akane and Momo.

47:57However,

47:57the waitress they had ignored

47:58when they walked in

47:59came and whispered

48:00in Ata's ear

48:01that they were lying

48:01so he asked the guys

48:02to take another table.

48:03When they refused,

48:04he stopped playing nice

48:05and repeated the statement

48:06with a firmer voice

48:07leaving no room for argument.

48:09Immediately,

48:09the guys became intimidated

48:10and after they agreed

48:11to take another table,

48:12Ata returned to his usual

48:13nice guy self.

48:14Momo then asked Akane

48:15how she knew Ata

48:16and Akane told her

48:17that he was one of her guildmates

48:18in Forest of Survivors.

48:20Hearing this,

48:20Momo thought to herself

48:21that if all gamers

48:22were built like Ata,

48:23she wouldn't mind dating one.

48:24Later on,

48:25after the cafe closed

48:25and Ata clocked out,

48:27he was surprised

48:27to see that Akane

48:28and Momo were waiting for him.

48:29After making a stupid joke

48:31about why they waited,

48:32Akane told him

48:32that they had something

48:33important to discuss with him.

48:35Following this,

48:35the three of them

48:36walked to a nearby park

48:37to talk,

48:38but because Elaine

48:38was feeling nervous,

48:40she didn't say anything

48:41for a long time

48:41until Momo blurted out

48:43that she was in love

48:43with someone.

48:44Akane felt embarrassed

48:45that her secret

48:46had been revealed,

48:46but Ata thanked Momo

48:47for saving them time

48:48and then revealed

48:49that he already knew

48:50who the lucky guy was.

48:51Feeling shy,

48:52she asked him not to say the name

48:53and Ata respected her wishes,

48:54but Momo had other plans.

48:56She told Ata

48:56that the reason Akane

48:57had not yet confessed

48:58was that she was too busy

49:00wondering why her ex

49:01had dumped her.

49:02To help him understand why,

49:03Akane explained the situation

49:04to him

49:04and after listening to her,

49:06Ata advised her

49:07to be like Nike

49:07and just do it.

49:08He assured her

49:09that if she confessed

49:10and was rejected,

49:11he and Momo would be around

49:12to cheer her up.

49:13This was all the motivation

49:14Akane needed,

49:14so she left to try her luck,

49:16leaving Ata alone with Momo,

49:17who tried to put moves on him

49:18and failed.

49:19When Akane arrived

49:20at Yamada's place,

49:21he was surprised to see her

49:22and asked if she wanted

49:23something from him.

49:24Akane hesitated to respond,

49:25and when she finally built up

49:26the courage to speak,

49:27the voices of two elderly people

49:28greeting each other

49:29on the street,

49:30combined with a dog barking,

49:31cut her off.

49:32Yamada then told her

49:33that he needed to get ready

49:34to go to prep school

49:35and asked her to wait,

49:36so she agreed.

49:37However,

49:37he surprised her

49:38by reaching behind her

49:39to pull the door shut,

49:40effectively pushing her

49:41against his body.

49:41Unaware of the effect

49:42his closeness had on her,

49:44Yamada walked off

49:45to get changed,

49:45leaving Akane alone

49:46to calm her racing heart.

49:47Unfortunately,

49:48that didn't work,

49:49because the next second,

49:50the guy took off his shirt

49:51as though he were trying

49:52to seduce her,

49:53and she immediately

49:54looked away

49:54to avoid further temptation.

49:55A few moments later,

49:56he was dressed,

49:57and they set off

49:57towards the train station together.

49:59Akane was lost in thought

50:00the entire time,

50:01and she pondered

50:02whether or not

50:02to confess her feelings to him.

50:04She almost walked

50:04into oncoming traffic.

50:06Yamada quickly pulled her back

50:07and asked if she was okay,

50:08but she didn't respond,

50:09as she was still in shock.

50:10Seeing this,

50:11he grabbed her hand

50:11when the traffic signal

50:12turned green

50:13and led her the rest of the way.

50:14When they arrived

50:15at the train station,

50:16he apologized

50:16for not having enough time

50:17to speak to her,

50:18and she told him

50:18they could always talk

50:19another time.

50:20Yamada then turned to leave,

50:21but couldn't because of the look

50:22on Akane's face,

50:23so he told her

50:24that he'd call her

50:24after his classes,

50:25and she agreed to wait

50:26until then.

50:26After they parted ways,

50:27it started raining heavily

50:28and didn't stop falling

50:29even after Yamada's classes

50:30were over.

50:31As they prepared to leave,

50:32Okamoto asked Yamada

50:33how he was getting home,

50:34and Yamada told him

50:35that he'd brought

50:36an umbrella with him.

50:37Hearing this,

50:37Okamoto asked Yamada

50:38to share the umbrella with him,

50:39but when he learned

50:40that Tsubaki

50:41also didn't have an umbrella,

50:42he suggested

50:43that she go with Yamada instead.

50:44Tsubaki didn't want to,

50:45but Okamoto urged her

50:46to use the chance

50:47to confess.

50:48Her feelings to Yamada,

50:49so she agreed.

50:50A little while after

50:50she and Yamada

50:51began walking to the station,

50:53he noticed that her shoulder

50:54was getting rained on,

50:55so he gave her the umbrella

50:56and dashed towards the station.

50:57Tsubaki tried going after him,

50:59but bumped into someone

51:00and fell,

51:00losing her glasses

51:01in the process.

51:01As she began looking for them,

51:03Yamada returned

51:03and helped her find them,

51:04but they were already broken.

51:05Tsubaki didn't mind

51:06since it was better than nothing,

51:08and as she gazed

51:09at his blurry figure,

51:10she suddenly blurted out

51:11that she liked him.

51:12When she realized

51:12what she'd just said,

51:13she dropped the umbrella

51:14and covered her mouth

51:15like it would cancel out

51:16what she'd just said.

51:17Not surprisingly,

51:18Yamada didn't react

51:19to what she said

51:19and simply picked up

51:20the umbrella for her.

51:21Feeling overwhelmed,

51:22Tsubaki broke down into tears

51:23and apologized to Yamada

51:24for suddenly springing

51:25her confession on him.

51:26When he still didn't say anything,

51:27she asked him to at least

51:28think about what she said

51:29before rejecting her.

51:30Later that night,

51:31Yamada texted Akane,

51:32telling her that he couldn't

51:33talk to her that night

51:33because he was tired

51:34and said that they would

51:35talk some other time.

51:36The following day,

51:37while Yamada was tutoring Runa,

51:38Ada came into the room

51:39acting like he knew

51:40something they didn't.

51:41After taking a seat on the bed,

51:42he asked Yamada

51:43if anyone had confessed

51:44to him recently

51:45and Yamada,

51:46thinking he was talking

51:47about Tsubaki,

51:47asked how he'd found out.

51:49This made Eita assume

51:49that Akane had gone through

51:50with her confession,

51:51so he refused to tell Yamada

51:53how he knew

51:53and asked how he'd responded

51:55to the confession.

51:55Yamada answered that he was

51:57still thinking things over,

51:58which surprised Eita

51:59because Yamada never thought

52:00about things like that.

52:01He then advised him

52:02not to take too long

52:02to decide,

52:03as drawing it was almost

52:04the same as leading the girl on

52:06and that wasn't good.

52:07That evening,

52:07Yamada went to Akane's workplace,

52:09but for some reason,

52:10he didn't go inside.

52:11Her co-worker was the one

52:12who spotted him

52:12and informed Akane

52:13that he was around,

52:14surprising her,

52:15so she went out

52:15to speak with him.

52:16When she asked why

52:17he hadn't told her

52:17he was coming,

52:19Yamada explained

52:19that he'd tried calling,

52:20but her phone had been switched off.

52:22Akane apologized,

52:22saying that her phone battery

52:23had died

52:24and then asked

52:24what he wanted to discuss

52:25because she'd noticed

52:26he was acting differently.

52:27Yamada claimed

52:28he was just tired

52:29from all the extra studying

52:30he'd been doing recently,

52:31but Akane didn't believe him.

52:32Still,

52:33she didn't try to force him

52:34to talk

52:34and began telling him

52:35about the new sword

52:36she'd gotten.

52:36In his attempt to engage her,

52:38Yamada asked

52:38what kind of sword she got

52:39and she told him

52:40to hold out his hand

52:41so she could draw it for him.

52:42After concluding her artwork,

52:44she admitted

52:44that she didn't like

52:45the brooding Yamada

52:46and said she wished

52:47he'd go back

52:47to being his mysterious self.

52:48When she finished speaking,

52:50Yamada admitted to her

52:51that he wasn't the type

52:52to talk about his feelings

52:53because he was afraid

52:54people would misinterpret them.

52:55He also admitted

52:56to feeling worthless

52:57and said that the fact

52:58that he was slow

52:59to understand jokes

53:00and feelings

53:00only intensified that feeling.

53:02Akane assured him

53:03that he was worthy

53:03and told him

53:04never to look down

53:05on himself again

53:05because to everyone

53:06who knew him,

53:07he was the most kind-hearted

53:08and caring person

53:09they had ever met.

53:10Following this,

53:11Yamada met Tsubaki that night

53:12and before he even spoke,

53:13she already knew

53:14what he wanted to say to her.

53:15However,

53:15she allowed him to speak

53:16and when he told her

53:17that he couldn't accept

53:18her feelings,

53:19she told him

53:19that she hadn't expected him to.

53:21Seeing as she no longer

53:22had anything to lose,

53:23she decided to tell him

53:23why she liked

53:24and as she listed

53:25the things she liked about him,

53:26Yamada just stood there

53:27and listened attentively.

53:29When she finished,

53:29she broke down in tears

53:30but told him

53:31that she didn't regret

53:32telling him how she felt

53:33because it made her feel better.

53:34For some reason,

53:35this brought tears

53:36to Yamada's eyes

53:37so he quickly tried

53:38to wipe them away,

53:39drawing Tsubaki's attention

53:40to the sword Akani

53:41had drawn on his hand

53:42earlier that day.

53:43Curious,

53:43Tsubaki asked

53:44who had drawn it

53:44and Yamada answered

53:45that it was a friend

53:46but she had a good idea

53:47who that friend was.

53:48When she mentioned it to him,

53:50she made sure to say

53:50it was the person he liked

53:51and Yamada admitted

53:52that he did like Akani

53:53more than just a friend.

53:54This admission

53:55caused Tsubaki to cry again

53:56but she managed to tell him

53:58that she was glad

53:58he'd listened to her

53:59and turned her down nicely,

54:01unlike the other girls

54:01who had come before her.

54:02When she finally calmed down,

54:04she bid Yamada goodbye

54:04but when she turned to leave,

54:06she ran smack

54:07into a vending machine

54:08because she wasn't

54:08wearing her glasses.

54:09Yamada then offered

54:10to walk her home

54:11but Tsubaki was too embarrassed

54:12to accept his offer

54:13and assured him

54:14that she would be fine

54:15on her own.

54:15Days later,

54:16Akane,

54:17Eita,

54:17Runa,

54:18and Komota

54:18visited a new restaurant

54:20and as soon as they

54:21walked inside,

54:21it was as though

54:22everyone there knew

54:23who Komota was

54:24because a lot of people

54:25came to greet him.

54:26After getting settled

54:26in their private dining room,

54:28they were served dinner

54:28and as they ate,

54:29Akane declared

54:30that she had never tasted

54:31meat like that before.

54:32Eita agreed

54:33and then said it was a shame

54:34that Tsubaki was going

54:35to miss out on it.

54:36At the mention of Tsubaki's name,

54:37Runa said that she was glad

54:38that she wasn't coming

54:39because she still hadn't

54:40accepted her into their guild yet.

54:41The next moment,

54:42four members of the staff

54:43walked in,

54:44each carrying a different item

54:45and they informed Komota

54:46that the items had been sent

54:47by his friends

54:47and the little man thanked them.

54:49He then asked his Eita

54:50and Runa to enjoy the food

54:51since he and Akane

54:52were the only ones

54:52who were legally allowed

54:53to drink alcohol.

54:54Sometime later,

54:55when Yamada arrived,

54:56Runa excitedly started telling him

54:57how delicious the food was

54:59but the next moment

55:00she went quiet

55:00and as her expression

55:01changed to one of fear,

55:03she told him that Yamada

55:03had returned.

55:04Yamada was about to ask

55:05why Akane's return

55:06was making her afraid

55:07but before he could get

55:08the words out,

55:09a very drunk Akane

55:10attached herself to him

55:11and started babbling nonsense.

55:12Runa then explained

55:13that Akane had helped herself

55:14to the bottle of wine

55:15Komota's friends sent over

55:17and pleaded with him

55:18to take Akane away

55:18as she'd been overly affectionate

55:20towards her since she got drunk.

55:22Yamada didn't have to be told twice

55:23that Akane needed to go home

55:24so he apologized to everyone

55:25for ditching before dining

55:26and then took Akane away.

55:28A little while later

55:29while they were outside

55:29the train station,

55:30Yamada got Akane a bottle of water

55:32and after she thanked him for it,

55:34she apologized for making him miss dinner.

55:35Since she'd slept off

55:36a little while ago,

55:37she felt a bit better

55:38and asked Yamada

55:39to return to the restaurant,

55:40assuring him that she could

55:41get home by herself.

55:42Yamada obviously refused

55:43and said that leaving her on her own

55:44was out of the question

55:45because there were many

55:46drunk people around

55:47and he didn't want to test fate.

55:48Holding out his hand,

55:49he asked Yamada to take it

55:50and after she did,

55:52he began leading her

55:52through the crowd of people

55:53but they had to stop

55:54when one of her shoes

55:55got stuck in a crack.

55:56Yamada bent to remove it

55:57and after putting the shoe

55:58on her feet like she was Cinderella,

55:59he got back up

56:00and took her hand again.

56:01Soon,

56:02they arrived at her apartment

56:03and Akane thanked Yamada

56:04for walking her home.

56:05Once he saw that she'd

56:06pulled out her keys,

56:07he turned to leave

56:07but Akane called out to him

56:09and unexpectedly asked

56:10if he liked her.

56:10To her surprise,

56:11Yamada cracked a smile

56:12and told her that he hadn't

56:13expected her to figure it out

56:14so soon.

56:15Refusing to jump to conclusions

56:16or assume anything,

56:17Akane attempted to ask him

56:18to explain what he meant

56:19in detail

56:19but his intense stare

56:21shut her up

56:21and allowed him to tell her

56:22that he did like her.

56:23He said he would tell her

56:24again in the morning

56:25because he didn't trust her

56:26to remember his confession.

56:28After all,

56:28she was too drunk

56:29and even if she did,

56:30she might write it off

56:31as a joke.

56:31When he turned to leave again,

56:32she requested that he call her

56:33in the morning

56:34to repeat what he said

56:35and he promised that he would

56:36after which he hugged her goodnight.

56:38When morning came,

56:38he called her up as promised

56:40and made sure to let her know

56:41that everything he told her

56:42the night before was true.

56:43Later in the day,

56:44while Akane was at school,

56:45she told Momo

56:46about the new development

56:46and Momo was happy

56:47to hear the news.

56:48During their lunch break,

56:49they sat with a mutual friend

56:50of theirs who said

56:51Akane was commendable

56:52for dating a guy

56:53younger than her.

56:54Her words left Akane

56:54feeling uneasy

56:55and she wondered

56:56if Yamada would be bothered by it

56:57so when she met him

56:58later at a cafe,

56:59she tried not to act

57:00all lovey-dovey

57:01in case he wouldn't like it.

57:02She also told him

57:03that she would do her best

57:04not to,

57:05be a burden to him,

57:06but Yamada didn't hear

57:06what she said

57:07because he was focused

57:08on her teeth.

57:08When he admitted this,

57:09Akane became embarrassed,

57:11but he assured her

57:12that she didn't have to be

57:13because she had perfect teeth.

57:14Shortly after,

57:15they left the cafe

57:15and as they walked

57:16to Akane's apartment,

57:18she couldn't help

57:18but stare at Yamada

57:19so he asked

57:20if she couldn't get enough

57:21of his handsome face.

57:22Akane admitted

57:22that she was trying

57:23to figure out

57:24the best way

57:24to ask him to hold her hand

57:25so he saved her the trouble

57:26and as he held her hand,

57:28he told her that

57:29she should never be hesitant

57:30to tell him anything.

57:31Do you think Yamada

57:31fell for Akane first

57:32or did he fall last

57:34and fall harder?

57:34If you watched up to this point

57:36and enjoyed this video,

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