Although Sogo Doma often teased Eriri, although the little blonde was often so enraged by him that she wanted to bite him to death, or punch his stupid head in, although...
Sogo was handsome, after all. And his nastiness was genuine—out in the open, infuriating without going too far, nasty...
Besides, if one set aside his habit of provoking people—cough, cough—that still didn't make him a good person, but he was definitely the rare sort in this country...
He didn't care that she was a doujin artist, and he would even discuss plotlines with her. They had common topics to chat about, and especially when they were out, he looked completely like one of the popular crowd. Even if they ran into classmates together, those people would only look at them enviously. "As expected of a young lady. Even the friends she knows are so outstanding..."
All of that made Eriri look good.
Unlike Tomoya Aki. If Eriri was spotted outside with Tomoya Aki, the response she received would definitely be: "That rich young lady is an otaku? No way, no way. Was the way she usually acted all just an act?"
In the past, the little blonde might have defended her childhood friend in her heart upon hearing such words. But after seeing Tomoya Aki's true colors, those words only irritated her. Clearly, he only needed to put on a bit of an act outside to avoid being excluded and isolated, yet he deliberately acted like a crazed fanatic just to make her feel guilty. What the hell was that?!
Think about it—wasn't Sogo an otaku? He was better at games than anyone else, and he could rattle off two-dimensional knowledge at the drop of a hat. Obviously, he was an otaku! But he had put it well: "Whether