could be my imagination too, but isn't this the first time he casually sat next to her too in the last couple pages? no fanfare in the manga itself but for people paying attention, it's huge.
Yamada's best friend (self-proclaimed) not only knows what's going on, she breaks the fourth wall while doing so
That said, if there is any group of people who can get it through Ichigawa's head that there's nothing wrong with him liking Yamada - Yamada's friends would be it.
@Tamerlane uh, you know you won't suddenly get approached by a pretty girl even though you imitates the MC's chuunibyouisme, right? So stop pretending to be an edgelord lol
@Darklight99
he is stalling, you measure stalling if you have similar situations from 10 chapters ago
he is still in denial about liking her
she is still just playing around
him being close to her was brought up in 1 chapter, and then left the subject