[ Hey, Kotomi is not good at reading what people really want or their true intentions, okay. Queen of taking everything at face value. But he isn't telling her to leave, so.. staying here should be okay, right? ]

In that case.. I'd like to stay with Ikki-kun for a bit now. We're.. friends, after all, right? You shouldn't abandon friends. I'm sure Hyoga-kun thought the same.