[The Japanese reply and pause immediately make Aubrey want to crawl back under that hole and stay there. But… it doesn’t sound like Akko is making fun? She is, in fact, entirely correct!] L-look, I— one of my friends is really into Japanese stuff [the word “weeaboo” would be relevant if Aubrey knew it], I was just—!

[Aubrey’s sputtering, yeah, but it’s… substantially more lighthearted? Akko is right! And her laugh is stupid cute! Aubrey is trying not to melt! Why deny it? Her friends were playing matchmaker like a bad romcom for a reason.

[Aubrey sighs, defeated but not particularly upset about it.]

Yeah, yeah. You got me. That’s all I know so far, but… I mean, I said I wanted to get to know you, too. We don’t all have truth potions.