[Her bafflement baffles him in turn. Was that... not... clear??? He'd thought it was fairly clear where he was trying to go with that. Maybe he should've been more upfront and asked from the beginning? This is where trying to be smooth gets you.]
Y-Yes? Yeah, I'm serious.
[It feels like he's on a game show grasping for the right answers. One would think the bench was a bed of iron spikes for the amount of shifting around Ryuji does, a valiant but ultimately doomed attempt to come off nonchalant.]
I mean, not to step on your toes with your career or nothin'. Only if you'd want to...
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Y-Yes? Yeah, I'm serious.
[It feels like he's on a game show grasping for the right answers. One would think the bench was a bed of iron spikes for the amount of shifting around Ryuji does, a valiant but ultimately doomed attempt to come off nonchalant.]
I mean, not to step on your toes with your career or nothin'. Only if you'd want to...