"As...?"

Of course Hajime was never opposed to organizing more time together, but what wasn't being satisfied by the amount of time they already...?

"Oh--oh. As, uh, right, ahh..." The blush crept over his ears, and he cleared his throat to try and still his stammering. He tried to look as busy as possible with the very complicated action of setting tea down on a desk. "Sure... right! It's best to have time for... for, ah... work and play, as it were!" Way to make it sound as dull as possible. But, it was true, overlapping the two could lead to one dominating the other which really is the end goal here, bow chika.

"Th-then, ahh... what time suits you best?"