The shocked faces of realization that Hiyori made because of her misunderstanding was pretty hilarious!
And a misunderstanding cleared in only ONE chapter and not dragged out?! This manga is already goated because of this.
lemme guess, his childhood friend is the daughter of some famous yakuza in town that anything will happen to her will result to torture, blackmail, or death
you can tell this mangaka is in his 30s because this is a throwback to the 2000s romcom era of "I've heard you say something " and then assume the worst and then create some sort of hallucination plot that goes nowhere
this chapter could be removed and nothing would be lost