Chapter 8

Side Profile of Interest is of the Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui manga series.

Plot
Ichika Arima and her friends are at a karaoke club to celebrate the end of the cultural festival. Ruri encourages Ichika to sing the former's favorite anime theme song.

Later that night, the classmates bid their farewell. Ichika is about to head home when Rio Amakusa stops her and offers her a ride home. But the one picking the ladies up is no other than Ryō Amakusa. Ichika would instead take the train, but Rio begs her to go with her.

Ryō opens the front passenger's door, and on the seat, there's a tedding bear and a bouquet of flowers with a card indicating that they're for Ichika. With Rio taking the entirety of the backseat, Ichika has no choice but to sit in front of Ryō. Ichika notices that Ryō's car looks super expensive, like it might transform any time soon.

Ryō notices that Ichika looks a bit sad. Ichika believes Ryō is probably used to driving girls around and hugging them like he did to her at the cultural festival. Considering that it's probably nothing new to him. Meanwhile, Ryō believes that there's something wrong with Ichika.

Ichika quickly snaps out of her momentary sadness and can't believe she's having such feelings towards Ryō. Ryō notices this and asks her if everything is ok. Ichika doesn't answer him but instead picks up a photo of herself from the car's floor. It seems that Ryō has several pictures of her to pretend that they're on a car date. She's pissed that Ryō has a photo of her.

Ichika inquired about her friend Rio's help, but the girl fell asleep in the back of the car. All the noise wakes the teenager up, and she witnesses the battering between her brother and best friend, and she can't help but snicker. Rio's reaction pisses Ichiko even more, when Ryō bribes her sister with Häagen-Dazs if she falls asleep again.

Elsewhere, Ichika's classmate, Kai Tamaru, overhears a conversation about Ichika and Rio getting in a high-class car and that the driver was extremely handsome.

Characters

 * Ichika Arima
 * Ruri
 * Satsuki
 * Rio Amakusa
 * Ryō Amakusa
 * Kai Tamaru