[Akane smiles and shakes her head, not even phased by the vehement clarification. (Although it's too bad, she's curious to see what kind of person he'd want to date.]

You don't need to. Just come visit sometime! You can see Jumpy, he's pretty cute.

[Don't be jealous of her rabbit's carrots, though.]

We moved him to the basement for the winter so he doesn't get too cold outside.

[It occurs to her that he speaks of baking like he's done it fairly frequently, and that catches her attention.]

...You know how to bake? Really?