[h3][i]Kurihashi Keiichi[/i][/h3]
"Um... sorry if I sounded confusing, I tried to mean something like "Sometimes hard, sometimes soft", not "Both hard and soft at the same time". "

Keiichi knew he was [i]clearly[/i] off to a good start with his partner, since throwing words that didn't really make any sense at someone is [i]obliviously[/i] a good way to start a conversation, regardless of the target's gender. He clearly realized he was being awkward while talking to a girl. He truly and quickly regretted the "hard-yet-soft" stuff, as various thoughts about how to attempt to re-start the conversation, this time to a good start unlike what happened moments before.

[i]"Calm down Kakeru... It's not like there's no recovering from this... Let's think of a new topic... How about some hobbies? Or favorite food? Maybe favorite kinds of music would work? Heck, talking about each other's appearan-wait, that's clearly not a viable topic right now..."[/i]

A minute or so of the awkward silence continued before the boy finally opened his mouth.

"Uh... sorry for that. So... what's.. your hobby?" The boy's confidence was clearly torn apart with it's pieces thrown far away from him, with his lack of confidence clearly appearing all over him.

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[h3][i]Tatebayashi Eri[/i][/h3]
"Yes..." Eri replied to her partner asking if the white-haired girl wanted a tea or not while unpacking her luggage, her eyes closely paying attention to her partner. 

Although she did not really want to interact with others in order to avoid complications, she had to do so since the Kagura, the black-haired girl, was her partner, meaning the Eri had to interact with her partner in order to empower Kagura, which could cause some good for the white-haired girl, too. At the same time, however, the white-haired girl feared of the black-haired girl betraying her, regardless of the method used.