Ai too felt her face heat up in response to these words, yet they didn't feel forced or dirty like other times she had heard it. In fact, it caused her to feel butterflies in her stomach, even bringing a smile to her face.
"Okay everyone, let's jump on the bus." Coach Hanada announced.
'YOU'RE THE BEST COACH!'
Ken inwardly rejoiced, he had been saved by the bell. However, he still needed to smoothly extricate himself from the girl in front of him, hopefully making up for the awkward atmosphere.
"Okay bye."
With that he turned around and headed to the bus.
'W-What the hell was that!?'
Ken was mortified. He would need to set up a performance meeting with his brain at a later date to talk over these past 30 seconds of decisions.
Ai blinked a few times before…
"Pfft hahaha"
She broke into one of her giggling fits.
