Maybe he believes that it would be a guaranteed bust? Of course, this won't happen in this manga since it's a wish fulfillment self insert fantasy, but IRL girl friends usually waste no time in letting you know if they're not interested. Usually by talking about the boys/girls that they are interested inYES YES TO HIS FRIEND. Asking the real questions.
How can you be friends with someone so attractive (in universe) and not try once? What's wrong with you? She's never once acted like she would hate it (even in his own POV) from what we're shown. So why don't you go for Ayaka?
Also I hate all these secrets that keep piling on. Please give us an answer to something already.
Yeah it's totally crappy for him to want her to be honest, yet he keeps lying about this new friend and Keeping it a secret, such a double standardHe should be asking "why am i trying to keep his relationship with Shinohara secret?"
Why is he STILL keeping secret that Shinohara comes 3x a week?
Yeah she has every right to her secret it's not like he's planning on telling childhood friend the truth, don't like these 1 way streak peopleMC, you're also keeping a secret or hiding things from her.
If you believe in your so called friendship, you wouldn't go through hoops or try to hide the fact that Shinohara kept on coming over to your apartment.
If you have a secret, she does too.
the situation just worsens 😔aw she's late. truly the tragedy of the losing heroine.