Yeah, he talked about hanging out with Kawai, and I know that they still spend some time together, but in Winkup sometime in the recent past, Kawai wrote a dengonban to Fujigaya saying Fujigaya hadn't had much time recently and asking when they could hang out again, and stuff, so it does seem like work is coming between them a little. :( Either way, I really like to see EbiKisu interaction at all these days, so even if it felt a bit awkward to me personally, I was really happy. :D

Conversely, it seems to me like he's only popular because Johnny's said so... :/ So I really don't understand why they chose him to be popular despite being so incredibly awkward.

Aww, thanks. I'm glad you liked reading it! It was a lot of fun so I wanted to share. Have a good day at work~