Then it was Aki's turn to look around, making very sure Mitsuru was out of earshot before saying anything. It was finally in a very low voice that he said, "Well, I would have, if I hadn't gotten cockblocked by a monster."

He shook his head, in a manner that said only one thing: 'I can't believe I just said that.'

"But seriously, something got both of us almost immediately afterwards. Made us feel like we'd both gotten a bad case of Apathy Syndrome."