[It's not just her proximity making him stammer; he's still a little embarrassed about being caught at this. (Even though it was definitely worth it.) Being up this close to her isn't helping, though—but he's not about to complain about it. He keeps his eyes on her face this time.]
I was just screwing around! Once I figured out how the sand worked, I just kinda . . . maybe I had some energy to burn off, something like that? It just happened! Is it that weird?
[It's weird, right?! Dammit. Well, he's pretty thoroughly distracted now from going back to it, which is okay; he's worked out some of his unresolved baseball tension by now.
So he drops his hand, twisting it in her grasp to try and get a light hold of her fingers.]
What about you, you lookin' for someone? I'll come with! You got me kinda curious about Narukami's trunks now!
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[It's not just her proximity making him stammer; he's still a little embarrassed about being caught at this. (Even though it was definitely worth it.) Being up this close to her isn't helping, though—but he's not about to complain about it. He keeps his eyes on her face this time.]
I was just screwing around! Once I figured out how the sand worked, I just kinda . . . maybe I had some energy to burn off, something like that? It just happened! Is it that weird?
[It's weird, right?! Dammit. Well, he's pretty thoroughly distracted now from going back to it, which is okay; he's worked out some of his unresolved baseball tension by now.
So he drops his hand, twisting it in her grasp to try and get a light hold of her fingers.]
What about you, you lookin' for someone? I'll come with! You got me kinda curious about Narukami's trunks now!
[No homo.]
—Not in a weird way.
[Yep.]