It's a little easier after the time she's spent with Ryuji. She's a little less flushed, a little less hesitant. 

... admittedly it also helps that Shiho's a girl, but she's not going to think about that right now.

She intertwines her fingers with Shiho's and eats one-handed for a little bit. She doesn't want to let go. 

Ann's smile lingers, her gaze on Akira and Shiho's interlinked hands.

Ryuji just grins at the girls as he eats. After a couple more bites, he looks over at Ann with a bit of a blush. "Wanna have a Dissidia night this weekend? Snacks and gaming?"

Ann looks over at Ryuji with a light blush on her cheeks. "Yeah, sure! Sounds like it'd be great."

"Awesome! Maybe Saturday night, I'll grab the snacks. Whose place you wanna meet at? And d'you two wanna get in on this too?" He directs the last question at Akira and Shiho.

"I think you two should make it a date. At three dates in a week plus miscellaneous stuff I'm probably getting kinda tired."

Shiho nods. "Valid. And yeah, you two need a date of your own without us."

He blushes a bit more. "Sounds pretty great to me."

"I'm definitely not going to turn that down." Ann gives Ryuji a sly look.

"Well if we're callin' this a date then maybe we need dinner, not just snacks. That ramen place still open near your place? Maybe game for a while, then go for ramen, then hit a pastry shop after?"

"Sounds good to me!" Ann smiles.

Ryuji blushes and grins. "Meet you at four or five maybe?"

"Let's go with four. Beat the supper rush."

"Awesome."

Akira smiles. "See you after school, Shiho." 

She's almost done her lunch, now. 

Shiho wiggles in her seat just a bit, squeezes Akira's hand, and smiles as well. "See you after school, Akira."

And then, just a couple minutes later, the bell rings, signalling everyone to head back to their classrooms.

And Akira and Ann head back to class. 

Class goes smoothly enough. Eventually the schoolday ends.

Akira goes looking for Shiho.

Ann tags along as well.

Here's Shiho in classroom 2-A, packing up her notebook and textbook. There's a quietly eager smile on her face.

Akira smiles. "Hey," she says. "Nice to see you again."

— crap, what was the plan again, it was something about dumplings and music but she's forgotten where the dumpling shop was — 

"Care to show me that dumpling shop you talked about?" 

Ann smiles. "Just wanted to say hi, I'll be heading off soon." She glances between Akira and Shiho. "You two have fun, alright? I'm sure you'll get along great."

Shiho looks up and grins blushily at their arrival, then nods in agreement. "Yeah, it's gonna be great."

She turns to Ann. "Go kick Ryuji's ass in Dissidia, we'll be fine," she says, and kisses her cheek.

Then she takes Akira's hand, smiling warmly at her. "Yeah, let's."