"Ah... M-mostly hypothetical. I sorta... We woke up a little closer than usual. Not entirely on our sides of the bed. It's happened a couple of times."

[He's woken up once or twice feeling oddly warm. And then had a task with untangling himself from Mitsuru before she could wake up and notice. And then there were the times where he wasn't sure if he was awake... Or just having oddly vivid dreams of her curled up against him.

All those instances are weighing down on him, and maybe that's what causes him to babble.]

"I was nervous about that. We're supposed to be watching each other's backs, but I... Guess I just don't want to do anything you don't like."

[Though she certainly didn't seem to mind it while she was asleep... But awake is an entirely different matter. Content as he was to comb out her hair in his dreams, he's not about to try that in reality.]

"Or get into your personal space; I know how much you value that! A-and again, if you think it's too much trouble, then... I could leave or something-"

[In theory he could easily go back to his own room.

But the thing is, he doesn't really want to. Or at least something is holding Akihiko back, just like it's keeping him fixed to the sheets.]