[She's so very earnest about all of this that teasing too much is making Gai almost start to feel bad. He knows she has absolutely no practical experience in this area beyond what she's read and that he's pretty much serving as her guide into the world of romance right now. And, really, in his time it is just as normal for a girl to ask a guy out as it is the other way around; it would only be somewhat unusual in her era.

So as fun as it may be for him, he'll put the brakes on his teasing for now.]

Yeah, I'm busy with going back to my apartment and hoping there's something interesting there that I haven't read yet.