>>87412873I think she didn't want to be seen with him in general because she wanted to hang out with cool kids, and the cool kids didn't like black people either.
But then the cool kids ended up rejecting her because she has burn marks from a house fire, and then Mitsuo showed up and defended her.
I don't think they ended up actually going on a date, but she stopped being a jerk to him to seek cool kids' approval.
