So flufffy and warm I may overheat and die
So far he seems pretty down to earth for a romcom protag, early on he did catch hints that she was into him and being unsure if your feelings are mutual is pretty reasonable when you have such a good friendship going on.
Not that this manga doesn't do tropes, but it does it really well. It has been 20 chapters and I feel like I know these two for years and that this is like volume 20...
I can definitely see his hesitation in all of this. If you aren't completely sure you don't want to bring something up that could ruin everything you built up. Sure, some people would say that you need to shoot your shot, but the truth is he values their friendship a lot and if he were to say he had feelings for her and they were not reciprocated then he ruins that. This is an extremely realistic take that I feel like we have all been there before.
We as readers KNOW that they are both into each other, so it feels frustrating for us to see it and them not act, but we have to remember that the characters are not in the know like us.
Anyways, this chapter was so damn sweet and it was cute that she sat next to him being proactive. She knows how he feels so her being proactive like this makes perfect sense...hopefully soon she conveys her feelings for him OR they have an honest conversation about how they view each other that leads to them confirming their feelings for each other. Then again, even if that doesn't happen, I still appreciate how slowly they build on each other and get closer with each chapter.