It’s the second half of the class trip, and for once, every couple gets their time in the spotlight.

Tani has been thinking about the kiss ever since their trip to the museum in last week’s episode. As a result, he’s even less talkative than usual. He’s even more awkward around her than usual. Sheesh. It was likely just a peck on the cheek. Even for a teenager, that’s kinda nothing. Kinda strange to me to be in a relationship and not talk about those kind of things with your girlfriend.

Tani’s birthday is coming up, so Suzuki’s fishing for ideas. She probably knows what she wants to do, but it never hurts to hear other people out. Yamada makes a pretty darn good suggestion: a photo album. It’s the sort of sentimental gift that rarely disappoints unless you’re with someone materialistic (in which case, you should probably dump them). But you need good photos for something like that, which Suzuki seems to realize. Taira, on the other hand, gives us the good ol’ “It’s the thought that counts!” Well, at least he isn’t being negative.

Don’t you hate it when someone randomly hits you up after ghosting you? All you can think is, Oh no, what the hell do they want now? Considering how it’s Azuma’s ex-boyfriend, dude’s probably just looking for a quick hook-up. He knows she won’t throw a fit, so he probably figures why not shoot his shot? The problem with Azuma is that she under-reacts, but this makes her the perfect polar opposite for Taira. Sure, he’s an overthinker, and there are lots of underthinkers among the cast. But his main problem is that he over-reacts to everything and everyone around him. Girls giggling off to the side? They gotta be making fun of him! And Azuma is the direct opposite of that. She refuses to take offense; she just goes with the flow. Sadly, that also makes her a doormat — the chill, easygoing girlfriend that usually just ends up being second, third, or fourth priority. And it’s infuriating because she knows she deserves an apology from her ex, but it doesn’t take her more than a couple seconds to get over it. Girl, c’mon. Where’s your self-respect?

We finally get to see what happened between Yamada and Nishi during the school festival. They even address less-than-fulfilling text conversations over the summer. It’s nice of Yamada to tell Nishi that she can make mistakes with him — that she can be stupid with him. Sure, that’s great. But if I recall correctly, his one-word replies to her long text messages were pretty much conversation killers. He kinda takes ownership of that? Some people are bad texters, and I know he wanted to have a phone call at one point. But it would been nice if he had been a little more explicit about what he could do to help her feel more comfortable.