Uhm -

[ ! shifting to sit up more ]

My apologies, that's a product of - should I say it's my personality? With Avenger and Dia-sama and Whisky-san too, it's hard for them to tell - it's hard for me to convey it - ?

Well, I must say that - when it comes to attraction, objectively speaking Maki-san is attractive, though for myself I'm simply, ah, er . . .

It's hard to . . . ? That is -

The sort of, heart pounding feeling of excitement is somewhat - troublesome, my relationship with such feelings are difficult, so it's - uhm, that is . . .

[ struggling, clearly, with what he wants to articulate, ]

Please don't misunderstand, it's not something that I feel forced into or anything, and it isn't something that I don't want to do or anything, but I'm a little - let's say, slow to start? I don't want to say that I'm impatient or anything - but -

We've already established that I'm not Maki-san's type anyway, so it isn't as though either of us need to be really excited for it, right? But if it's pleasant, it's pleasant, so -

Sorry, is that not good enough . . . ?