The principal sighs. "A man my age has had to deal with much worse." He clicks his tongue. "Miwa, could you bring me some tea?"

"Yes, of course. I'll be right back."

Ahahahahahahaha this is perfect! She can totally chase Gojo Satoru down for a picture!!! Maybe she can get him to take his blindfold off, she hears he has pretty eyes too, but gosh, that's such an ask, that sounds so scary, but on the other hand how many chances will she get to get a picture with the greatest sorcerer in the world?

"...so," Inori says, after he notices that Akiho is going to give him literally all the space in the world but he kinda does want to talk a bit, "what does this all... entail."

Akiho looks up from the book she's reading. They are nestled together on a couch in the dorm's common room, as has been their habit for the past couple of days.

"All this being... us?" she clarifies, blinking.

"Y-yeah." He's still not used enough to it that he can avoid blushing when it's brought up in all but the vaguest terms.

"Well, that's up to us. So far I've been giving you space because you seemed really scared I'd just disappear or be taken away or something, and I didn't want to overwhelm you. ... Metaphorical space. Demonstrably, there has been a lot of cuddling."

"Okay... what are the options? Also isn't there, uh. Um. K-kissing and stuff."

"Kissing is an option, if you'd like to! We could also go on dates, too, dates are just an excuse to spend time together. There... are other things that we could do, but," and now she's blushing, "those should probably come after kissing."

Okay he needs a minute to process that thought.

She giggles, then takes his hand and brings it to her lips to gently kiss it. This will probably not help his processing problem, but it is very fun.

It does not help. At all.

"I know, I know, not helping. I couldn't resist! You were being very cute."

...you know what, it's his turn to show some initiative.

His heart is hammering almost all the way out of his mouth but he places his index finger and thumb under her chin and... maybe he can angle her face close to his and...?

This catches her by surprise! It’s a good surprise though. Kiss!

She is so up for kissing, and melts into him immediately.

Of course kissing would be nice, why was he worried again? Is it because he's never kissed anyone before and she probably has a lot more experience than him and she'll judge him and no fuck off he'll just kiss her and be happy about this.

She definitely does not seem particularly judgmental. Actually, she seems quite happy. He can feel a bit of her smile, in the kiss.

… Akiho ends up half draped over him. One hand has started gently playing with his hair. She’s not really sure how that… happened… and notes that she should probably check her cinnamon roll for how he’s doing.

“Oops,” she says, with a breathless giggle, close to his face. “Um, was that too fast? I. Was excited.”

Inori.exe has shut down most of its nonessential functions but he is pressing on, he will not BSOD during his first kiss that he initiated.

That said, words are definitely a nonessential function so when she pulls away all he can say is "Bluh?"

“Oh no,” Akiho giggles. She has the absurd desire to kiss him again for being adorable, but probably she should wait for his ability to put words together to come back. Even though she really wants to.

While she waits, she pets his hair soothingly. “Are you okay, Inori-kun?”

Nodnodnodnodnodnodnod

“Do you want to resume?” she asks, teasing. “Or do you need a break?”

Nodnodshakeshakewhydidshehavetoasktwoquestions

Akiho giggles again, and then they can go back to kissing!

Oh good yes okay his mouth is for kissing not speaking

Yep, sounds good to her, she is perfectly happy with this state of affairs.