
Either they randomly abandon her after high school, moving away together, or she gets hit by a random car and is in a coma for months, allowing them to get together and she loses her chance.

Chocolate chip or snickerdoodle?
Actually, let's all bring some, and maybe some main courses. We can turn it into a party! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

Yep...a bloody cookie party (=´∀`)人(´∀`=)
So the whole point of ch 5.5 is to prove that Makoto and the salaryman were only ever friends, and the salaryman got his current job because Makoto's dad helped him out, and people bond over food?
I got the feeling the salaryman might have liked Makoto's dad