Akari was surprised that he knew. It wasn't exactly a big secret but Shirogane was from Man-home and added to that he didn't seem particularly interested in Aqua or Neo-Venezia.

"That's right..."

But how did you know what colour my gondola is?

Then she remembered that Shirogane's window faced the waterways. The idea that he might have been watching for her have her a warm feeling as well as making her feel a guilty at having kept him waiting.

"You do?" She's never really asked about his sleep habits, now that she thought about it. "Ah, if I knew that I would have called you." Not just to tell him about being late but because when she was sitting in her bed last night, heart pounding from the knowledge that her exam was going to be the next day he had been one of the people she'd wanted to talk to.