Wh-what makes you think he even liked me since the start?! How'd you know?! It's not like it was that obvious! [Except it totally was. But Makishima being himself, all he could ever see in Toudou was some bothersome guy who just so happened to be a really good climber that called him a rival. He never would have expected for Toudou to fall in love with him. How would anyone else know?

"I think I probably felt that way for a long time"

He never knew. All this time, every time they talked, every time they raced together, every single day.

"I just knew I liked being with you more than with anyone else, and that nothing made me happier than the thought of seeing you and talking to you and racing with you."

Why didn't he know. Why did it take him this long to see what was as clear as day.

"It's weird because it's you and no one else, and I like all of it."

He's called Toudou an idiot a million times or more since he's known him, but all this time, he's been the biggest idiot of them all. And Tadokoro knows this.

Makishima's face feels like it's on fire.]

Y-you, you...! You don't know! You don't know any of that! You idiot!