This chapter is a massive improvement regarding my enjoyment compared to past chapters.
It's the one chapter where they both come clean and be honest with each other (well maybe not romantically since it's too early anyway), featuring the holy grail of all romcoms: proper communication.
She got saved by him (actually twice now), so she only felt it right to get to know him better and maybe repay the debt by helping him enjoy his second shot at life. Her motivation is pretty fair, although she's a little clumsy and nosy at times.
Baby steps. Start with one friend at least. By acknowledging and desiring the existence of even one friend, he denies the fake loner way he's been going with, and this is a big step in the right direction. They still have a long way to go as friends (much less lovers), but man did this chapter tease the romance just right. I'm on team Sora so this chapter was a treat for me.