[ He's already been asked?! She feels kind of bad for whoever is going to end up stuck with him on a date, but if Chikusa says they can't get out of that deal, she's just going to have to live with it.

Not that it means she gets any less pouty. ]

If he has to participate, then.. fine! But I can't just let him make fun of you and not say anything about it, right? We're friends! Friends stick up for each other. That's the first rule of friendship!