Of course I am, Ri-chan. [There's a smile on his face as he looks back at her, thumb gliding over her hand as a means to tell her to relax.] Though perhaps not this much.

[He looks sheepish as he laughs, though his gaze drifts away. Not everyone I meet is this difficult.]

Will you be staying for a while or heading back in a month or two?

[Still, it's all pleasant talk for now, even as he holds the door open for her, letting her step into the book cafe first.]