"Okay then," Haruka replied with a bit of a shrug, but she seemed more relaxed for some reason. "A comment like 'If you feel things are hard and you need to give me a call, don't be afraid' isn't always an invite to text for things like that. Some people seem like the dramatic reasoning of 'Call me when you need meee' or 'Call me when you need a strong chest or bosom to unload yourself' or 'call me maybe really no'.

"And I wouldn't want to give you an excuse to punish impertinent me. Unless it's the absolutely terrible, infamously bad comfy chair."