The narrator tells us that he doesn't hate Harada. He's just worried that he's going to lose in midterms. He wants to go eat some spicy kimchi with her, but she's too scared to eat with him. Harada has been hanging around the school all this time, and he keeps telling her that he wants nothing more than to be with her. She's worried that she'll lose again, since no one in the school even looks at her. The narrator reminds us that she was the best student in the class before Harada came to school, and that's how she got to the top of the class. But now, she worries that she won't be able to keep up with Harada in the upcoming midterms, since he'll be too busy to pay attention to her