[It's still weird, being subjected to so much human touch. Komaru was one thing, she was a girl and she was a bit younger than Fukawa. Quite dim and excitable, definitely over-eager. Claude is a completely different beast. He says "friend", and Fukawa is even less sure of how that's supposed to play out between a man and woman than it is two girls.

Still. Can it really hurt to try?

Though it's little and swiftly erased, she does give him a smile. Whatever they turn out to be, she's grateful for his generosity now. Most people wouldn't give her a sliver of it.]

N-not all at once. And n-nobody's tried to kiss me before. [She shrugs, gaze pinned somewhere safe to the side.] Th-the only date I was ever asked on turned out to be punishment for losing a bet. He left halfway through the movie and never came b-back.