She'll say something like "He's... just a coworker?", and obviously won't admit she likes him (way too shy for that, right?) and then the girl will ask for Mobuku's support in trying to date Irie-Kun.
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Placing my bets on wingman. At least this chapter rather focusing on Irie, she was focusing on Mobuko, so either she’s gay or she wants to help her lol
Also hoping for her to be a wingman, she felt more that way to me and I really hope we don't get a love rival, at least not this soon (also, croquettes :Q_ )
I'm thinking probably Irie san must be the type of guy who thinks he's plain and too quiet and boring, and probably sees the very cute and shy Nobuko as being out of his league. He's assertive though, so who knows :-D