[Going all soft when Hiyori Tomoe is (fake) kissing you wouldn't be strange at all. It's called "melting into it!" "Getting lost in the heat of the moment!" You know, all that good stuff. But what's done is done, and both of them played their parts until the end.

And now Raika's prior anger, or whatever it was, seems to have evaporated. He makes no fuss about being called cute or about being poked. Was it something else that set him off earlier, then? Or was the whole angry thing an act somehow...? Well, no point in wondering about that now.

But he gets his answer, anyway, as the other boy sees fit to explain his approach. Apparently he wasn't playing any part, not at the end there. Hiyori glances away from the art on the wall, which he'd gone back to admiring, and smiles appraisingly.]

So that was your true self, huh?

[Passionate and aggressive, with something to prove. He might have gotten too rough for Hiyori's liking, and it didn't please one of the portrait girls, but the idea wasn't wrong; an act is only convincing if you really commit to it, to the point where it feels as natural as breathing. Otherwise, you're better off letting your honest self shine through. And Raika-kun's "honest self" was pretty interesting.

Though he goes back to being polite and respectful at the end, so... maybe the glasses were a nerf??

Well, either way, the elevator just stopped! So, time to move onto the next thing. Right before the doors open, he waves a hand.]

No problem. I don't usually let people grab me, but I'll make an exception this time ♪ ... Good luck getting back to your fans, if that's what you're aiming for.

[That's certainly his goal.]