What I don't like about this chapter:
1 - The MC is thinking like an incel again
2 - The author needs to experience what it feels like to die slowly so it will wrap this shit up
3 - Generally, like I keep saying. they are not compatible. Because one has social anxiety and degeneracy and the other is fucking stubborn and "brooding".
What I like about this chapter:
1 - I like the blond dude (I assume he bleached his hair), he seems more likely to be the right dude to break open (emotionally) the stubborn FeMC. And realistically should've been the one to be by her side. I
f the author did a NTR full 180 and the blond dude took her away with his current personality (or as we see it), I won't be mad, in fact good for him since I'm sure that my blondy boy her won't be a degenerate (if we assume that the dude's personality we see is true) and jack off to shower sounds when the FeMC is going through a hard time.
The author is bad at romance stories. This might be more "enjoyable" or plausible if the two MC's journey is to "council" each other as friends with little to no romance, but even then I doubt they would still be compatible for counseling each other's personal problems.