[ It's only when she looks at him that he almost loses his composure, his red face matching hers as he speaks with vague hand gestures. ]

I-- wait, I didn't mean it like-- I mean, y'know, you're... you, like, you're very pretty and incredible and nobody should be sorry for... I mean, anyone would be lucky to kiss you! Yeah! And me, I-I'm just a-- y'know, I'm just me. A nobody. Okay, kinda tall and handsome, yeah... well, my mom said so-- but forget I said that part!!

I'm sorry it was me, Shiho!!