"Oh, um, that's great!" Akane said, trying to focus on the prospect of getting a tasty meal rather then any of the other nervous thoughts plaguing her mind at the moment. Certainly, she was quite hungry... ah, how had she ended up like this, though? Inviting an upperclassmen to lunch had just been such a spur of the moment thing, had it really been a good idea? This wasn't normally something she ever did... had becoming a magical girl filled her with some kind of strange sense of boldness? And yet, this seemed to be some utterly misplaced confidence given how nervous she'd become just sitting down.

Deep down, she began to want to slap herself in the face. Why had she thought inviting an upperclassmen she'd barely ever spoken to before for a meal was a good idea? It was like the most awkward possible date or something!

... Why did she have to have to think of [i]that[/i] comparison?! Now it just felt even more awkward!

When Katsura-senpai pointed out that she didn't need to be nervous, well, that was just icing on the cake, really.

"A-ah, well, er," Akane blushed, trying to shunt the embarrassing date comparison out of her thoughts, "I guess it's just, um, this wasn't, ah, this isn't something I do a lot, really, um, it was really sudden so er... s-sorry if I'm being awkward or something..."

She trailed off.

[i]You can do it, Akane-chan! I believe in you![/i]

At least Melody had turned around from pouting to cheering her on... Though the fact that she needed cheering on just talking to someone new was a little bit of a depressing prospect for Akane.

[@Crimmy]