Genuinely, he's been guessing since he started speaking..

〝 Never uh...seen em that short. O-on you, I mean. 〞

Y-you uh. Look good!

〝 What if I...don't and just wanna say hi, or ask to chill? That okay too? 〞

Tail swaying a little, seeming to smile a bit.

H-hi...

〝 Wait, you'd do that? Really? That'd be awesome! Oh, I think so? If not, here. He's my handle.. 〞

A small exchange, showing her his phone so they can keep in contact.

〝 Ah...mortals? Come to think of it, yeah. Kinda obvious you aren't one. Komano Manato. Sorry if I was disturbing, you just didn't look to be in the best of moods. Thought I'd uh..check up on. 〞

Tall, burly, yet despite the delinquent esque attire and presence, he's surprisingly chill spoken.

〝 Heard you guys were pretty busy. If you need another hand, I’m doing more frequent part time gigs. 〞

Dang. She’s pretty but she looks pissed.

〝 You uh, good there? 〞

not to take on too much at once. 〞

〝 There's a lot of mixed reviews about you guys...but really, from what I know of you all...you seem really nice, experienced, and dedicated. Maybe it's just people judging what they don't know. I can relate to that. Ah, as for me, I always manage. It's never a big deal. I think I'm careful eough-

〝 Oof, yeah..true on that. I'm ready for it, but I guess I should be grateful for the influx of part time jobs. Gonna need it in the long run. Anby-chan, you're not too burned out yet, right? 〞

〝 Hopefully you’re at least taking it easy now though right? Things have slowed down a bit on my end. Least for now.. 〞

He uh, thought she’d need one of those. Doesn’t do much, but..!

Pat.

on more work outside of my internship stuff has been gratifying. You seem to be pretty happy too, Anby-chan. That's good! 〞

Disclaimer: This Komano is hetero

catch she was just, thinking out loud, really.