[There's no way. Is he... saying he likes her? And here she wouldn't have even expected him to admit they're friends let alone, potentially, something just a bit more than that.]
[Oh, but surely his feelings can't possibly be the same as her own, right? They may be co-workers, have worked together and saved one another's lives out on the streets, but they really haven't talked much. How well could they even say they know one another? Surely, Higuchi is certain of her own feelings, but Akutagawa? No, maybe not.]
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[Those words]
[There's no way. Is he... saying he likes her? And here she wouldn't have even expected him to admit they're friends let alone, potentially, something just a bit more than that.]
[Oh, but surely his feelings can't possibly be the same as her own, right? They may be co-workers, have worked together and saved one another's lives out on the streets, but they really haven't talked much. How well could they even say they know one another? Surely, Higuchi is certain of her own feelings, but Akutagawa? No, maybe not.]