I Want to Be Closer to Yamada Kyotaro and Yamada start their third year of middle school. Excited to see each other, they hold hands, draws attention from the class. While most of Yamada's friends and Kyotaro are in the same homeroom, Chi is unsure which class she is in since her name of omitted from the lists. After a visit to the faculty office, everyone is relieved to learn Chi is in same class. After class, Yamada gives Kyotaro a wallet chain as a birthday gift. While helping him put it on, three girls enter the room. Yamada and Kyotaro hid under a desk to avoid being seen together...