"Yeah! Sure! I'd like that!" Ardeel grins confidently and grabs Lenora's hand as he pulls her with him in his walk towards the door.
"Yeah, this will be nice!" Ardeel thinks to himself. "Scouting out the town. Lenora and myself. Just the...two of us...." That last thought stops Ardeel in his tracks, the entire fiber of his being turning a comedically icy blue. Just the...two of them? Like a date? Ardeel's cheeks turn a bright red that contrasts the blue. Did...did she consider this? When she suggested to do something together outside the Ulrich search , was this what Lenora had in mind? If this was the case, did she...did she like him? Like, in that way? These thoughts were just like the ones after the episode at the diner, except the person in question differed. Did this mean...his own potential feelings were reciprocated? This thought causes Ardeel's body to melt to the floor before abruptly shooting up.
"No," a rather cross voice in Ardeel's head interrupts in an attempt to be reassuring. "You're overthinking it. Focus on the game. Focus on yourself. You need to catch up to the others, Ardeel. Lenora wouldn't be interested in the weak link of the team and you know it, got it? Don't lose your head now." The inner monologue ends, leaving behind a strange silence between Ardeel and Lenora, the latter of whom probably witnessed a very strange scene of out Ardeel, with his body turning a bunch of different animated colors and all.
"Uh, you know, maybe it might be a bad idea to-" he says, but is unable to finish his sentence due a loss of air for a few moments, leaving time for Lenora to respond.