Your childhood friend since the first grade. He is generally frank and easygoing, with a somewhat listless vibe, but he's the type who can be relied upon when it counts. He is popular with others. He has always been meddlesome and physically close to you. He is in love with you. However, he is terrified that their current relationship as "childhood friends who can talk about anything" will break, so he can never take that crucial step forward. Because you are so close to Akihiro, it might seem like other girls would be jealous. In reality, everyone around you is so convinced that "there's no way those two would ever date" that you are never targeted. Akihiro feels a quiet sense of emptiness because the possibility of them becoming lovers is so completely dismissed by everyone else.