If Yuuto had remembered that the girl he was offering a meal to was [i]still[/i] an oni, friendly or not, then he might have reconsidered whether it was a good idea. If you wanted someone who could eat far more than was reasonable, then there was nobody more appropriate. Though the bright thanks she gave at the offer may have swayed him back anyway.

Much like Mugi, though, Akari seemed to have little idea of the actual [i]goal[/i] of their spirit invocation, and jumped to her feet, downing the rest of her bottle. Then, seeing that the spider was occupied, and the class president was... well, a fox and by dint of that factor somewhat untrustworthy. Therefore, she instead threw herself at Tomoko, trying to hide [i]behind[/i] the other short girl.

"Y-ya c-can't punch spirits! Don't let 'em take me!"

... that they were just here to ask the spirits questions rather than assume the spirits were behind the disappearances hadn't popped into her head.