Bitter Exclusion

At a certain school…
Shouhei Kido is deep in a discussion with his best friend, Genta Idehara, about late night anime. He nods along as his eyes glance around the room, until they land on a certain bespectacled classmate: Aoi Nonohara.
Though they’d known each other since they were little, it had never gone beyond that. In fact, they were more “acquaintances” than friends.
(I’ve got no chance. Even so, if only she would…)