That boy, infuriates me to no end. What an incredibly heartless and obtuse dickhead. As for the two young ladies, their friendship can be saved if they have a serious private conversation and lay everything bare. Riko, for example needs to stick up for Sae and either make certain the other girls aren't rude bitches to Sae or even go as far and end her friendship with them for Sae's sake. It might be easy for most readers to dislike Riko, but I honestly don't lay the blame at her feet, as its the actions of other (dumbass, oblivious geek boy and nasty rude bitch girls) students, that cause Sae's misery. I hope the next chapter being the last is what was intended from the start and not due to a sudden axe.