Expected ending, but not satisfied. I didn't even realize this was being axed until the very last page of the chapter (because I haven't checked back on this thread). :')
Now for the chapter summary (the chapter itself is 50+ pages long, sue me):
Picking up from where the last chapter left off, Tsukasa drags Kotooka to Washio's place so they can finally reconcile and go back to being friends. However, Kotooka and Washio end up bickering again, which drives Tsukasa to her wit's end. Tsukasa speaks up and points out that neither of her friends are faultless, and that they should also consider her feelings as well. Kotooka and Washio eventually come to agree with Tsukasa, and the three of them make up. Cue the waterworks from Tsukasa because she's glad they've come together again and it will no longer be lonely for her.
Meanwhile, Asakura sees Subaru's sleeping face and is sent into yet another fit of confusion because of how similar he looks to Tsukasa (being identical twins and all). Subaru wakes up because of Asakura's fidgeting and they have a lighthearted conversation about how no one has really ever called Subaru by his given name before (which Asakura did before he stumbled upon Subaru's napping scene). Asakura shoots him a smile, which prompts Subaru to ask him why he's smiling. Asakura brushes it off and just tells him that it's a secret.
The rest of the characters are also asked questions that are unintentionally personal (e.g. Tsukasa is asked about who she likes or Subaru is asked about why he's spacing out) and they all reply by telling the other person that "it's a secret." BUT that's not super important.
Now in the classroom, Washio and Tsukasa are chatting by the windowsill, where Washio thanks Tsukasa for being one of the main reasons why the three of them are friends. Tsukasa tries to brush it off by telling Washio that she's just exaggerating, but Washio insists it's true and that she is really glad that she could become friends with somebody like Tsukasa. Of course, Tsukasa is fucking miffed because she just got friendzoned dons a pained expression upon hearing this... and just to add the cherry on top, her insensitive as fuck classmates ask her if she has somebody she likes and they tell her that one's first love never really comes true.
Inner monologue from Tsukasa ensues as she's staring at Washio, Kotooka and Kashiwagi from behind. Tsukasa observes that the three are bickering over something and that it's clearly a 2 versus 1 situation, but they are still a group of three. She compares it to their friend group, where even if it's split off into two and one, they can still verbally call themselves a group of three. Tsukasa thinks that one day, Washio may be able to get Kotooka to come around especially because Kotooka previously stated that it would be nice if she could come to genuinely like somebody that liked her. But even so, Tsukasa will continue to treasure her own feelings, Washio's words, Kotooka's sentiments and this feeling of pain for which she has yet to come to find a name for.
In the final scene, Kotooka asks Tsukasa to lend them a hand with their committee work, to which Tsukasa responds with "Why me?!" Kotooka's reason is simply that they're a friend group of three, so obviously they all have to be together. Tsukasa accepts this, but before she is able to trot off, her classmates teasingly stop her by accusing her of dodging their earlier question. They ask her again: "Do you really not have anyone that you like?", which prompts Tsukasa to smile at them and tell her classmates that "it's a secret."
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