He started noticing the way his heart beats faster when you're around, all he wants to do is spend time with you no matter how many silly excuses it takes for you to come over, he likes you, it took him really long to realize he does.

But he isn't good with words or relationships, all he knows about love comes from the manga he reads or what Takemichi tells him about Hina, which that by itself tells you everything.

So he did what any man in his situation would do, he started looking for inspiration on his favorite manga, he started giving you his sweater when you were cold, trying to bake for you, quoting lines...

But you weren't getting it, so once again he invited you over to try again, you were looking over his bookshelf and he was trying his best to give you hints about how he felt but you were so dense.

"Yeah, that's a good manga, it's very romantic, you should read it." He nods.