"Ehehe, right, right." Nozomi doesn't seem to be taking Nico's chiding that seriously, with the way she giggles in response. In all honesty, though -- it's kind of nice to be fussed over like that. Nico really does care, even if she goes to great lengths to convince people otherwise.

"Mm, not really. It was more of a spur-of-the-moment, 'boy, I wish Nicocchi was here' kind of thing." She sounds practically wistful as she says it. There's no real need to butter Nico up so much, Nozomi knows, but she also knows how much the girl enjoys the attention, and she herself enjoys bestowing it on her. "Do you want to go out somewhere?"