Akiha wishes she didn't look as surprised as she does. Her eyes actually go wide. She takes a bite of her own food just to buy herself time, work the immediate surprise on her face into something more neutral.
"It's not as if I said it was a bad thing," Akiha mumbles, defensively, and while that's technically true, the way she phrased it wasn't exactly positive either. Those sorts of inclinations. She sounded like an old woman, didn't she?
"... How long have you - known, I suppose?" She asks, trying to be more diplomatic. And stave off her curiosity. Once she gets through the surprise, that's the main emotion she's feeling. Curiosity. A desire to be as confident in her sexuality - she barely even knows the word, has to search for it - as Nico, whatever it turns out to be.
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"It's not as if I said it was a bad thing," Akiha mumbles, defensively, and while that's technically true, the way she phrased it wasn't exactly positive either. Those sorts of inclinations. She sounded like an old woman, didn't she?
"... How long have you - known, I suppose?" She asks, trying to be more diplomatic. And stave off her curiosity. Once she gets through the surprise, that's the main emotion she's feeling. Curiosity. A desire to be as confident in her sexuality - she barely even knows the word, has to search for it - as Nico, whatever it turns out to be.