This kinda reminded me of Tsuki ga Kirei, where a girl takes an interest in a boy who's casually messing around with his friends. But with the addition of one Yuigahama Aqua.
Is that last panel supposed to be Makoto handing her the umbrella? If so, why is he drawn so differently? Totally threw me so I had to go back and check the panels before it to see if some other dude had suddenly entered the scene for some NTR fuckery.
It do be like that sometimes.
One thing makes someone stand out, then you start to notice things you like about them, then you start to get along with them.
Attractiveness makes that first step easier, but not necessarily the rest of the steps.
i can't really say that this is what happens in real life, but this in my opinion is one of the more realistic than some other romances in other series
Ah.. now i see why she's head over heels for the MC. This story is fiction and every dialogue in each chapter reminds me of that fact. Phew, almost believe this could happen to me, oh who am i kidding.