Number Call

After being cornered, a path opens up. Ever since he was little, he’s been carrying the weight of the name “Eighto”. Through the power of “8”, he is drawn to classmate, Hatta Tomoya, nicknamed “Hachi”. Exchanging greetings and small talk, his daily exchanges with Hachi begin to build up. With this, it begins to instill change in Eighto. Before labeling this as friendship, if you were to give this feeling a name, it would be ____.