After the second term, azuma-kun finally realizes that she likes aizawa-san. She invites him to her house for Christmas, and he agrees to meet her every day except Christmas day. He thinks that she's getting a lot of compli- ments from him, but he doesn't want to force it on her. He's just a nice guy, who loves cats and jiro asadas. He gives her a chance to call him her "friend" , and she calls him "dude friend" . This is the first time he's been invited to a house by a girl, and it's clear that he likes her.