@Smileyguy the thing is he tries conciously not to be aware of her because admiting to himself that he's starting to like Akari would be dishonest to Shiori, she is his priority now and that wont change untill Akari makes her intentions clear to him
Author needs to stop the bs drama and just have them confess already. It's a once a month release so at this pace we'll ring in the new year again before they get together, and the longer this pre confession shit goes on the less people will still be reading after they get together
I know it's unfair of me to say this since it had been only 2 or 3 chapters since they were A rank but this drama way overstayed its welcome with the manga being once per month.