[It's for the best that Akira doesn't follow Romani's eyes, or else that boy would end up on the end of his ruthless pursuit, no matter how young he is. Instead, he focuses his attention on the prospect of dining out: he rarely goes out save for tea or coffee, and takeout doesn't count. Sure, Romani didn't explicitly invite him, but that's why he'll invite himself. If HE doesn't do it, there's no way anybody in their right mind would invite him along otherwise! Assertiveness is the only thing that has gotten him what he wants, anyway.

He tells himself that he's not too keen on the "company" aspect of this bargain, of course. That would be gross.

Akira invades Romani's personal space once again, as though it's all a part of his Intimidate Harder act. It is.]

You'd better be planning on covering me. You offered to cook before, but now what? It's all your fault that I lost my dinner, so you should make good on it.