Well. Nico's definitely feeling the metaphorical butterfly horde in her stomach. Her cheeks suddenly feel a good deal hotter, too. Is Akiha going to... she is, right? You don't tell people to close their eyes so you can slap them. And Akiha's been weird all day, and getting way too worked up over the matter of who Nico likes... so it has to be that. Definitely. Probably. Right?

There's only one way to know for sure, and that's doing as she's told.

"Wh-what's with that," Nico finds herself grumbling instead, leaning backward out of instinct.

Great.