[Which pretty much meant that Josh was well aware of what he wanted and was content with it. Yet another feat Ryoji couldn't help but find admirable.]

I think Masaomi-kun expressed it pretty well once. Like, when you sometimes say that people can give you the evil eye? She definitely does that with both.

[He chuckles, because it doesn't sound any less ridiculous coming from his own lips.]

But really, it's not like I'm afraid of her or anything! [He so was afraid of her.] It's just that if I had a choice in the matter, I'd rather not run into her. Especially after what happened last time...

I'm somehow convinced that I'm still on her black list for lying to her back then.