...and she turns him down. All of that for him to muster up the courage, only to be shot down cause this woman cannot be arsed to prioritize humans over pool ball. She fucking kissed him when he was in a relationship with Hayami and disturbed his thoughts and was basically a homewrecker. Hayami died for this BTW. Author sidelined her, only for Hamaji to go to a girl who cares more about her water polo ability than him, as if one couldn't just do both. What a terrible character.
On one hand, I am kinda glad she rejected him, because now there's the hope for Hayami still alive, even if just barely.