Arisu folded her arms around her back and stood with her feet a good distance apart from the rest of the group. She glanced to the side, and up considering her height, towards Megumi and noticed her expression suddenly changing after Kuyu's remark. "Ano..." Arisu began, but paused after Megumi's eyes met hers behind the mask.
"You look... Very cute, Fukazawa-san."
"..." Arisu stared back at her blankly for a few moments. "C-cute?!" She almost yelled as her face flushed red.
'She... Did she call me cute just now? Nonsense!' A frantic mess was going about in her head, considering the fact that she's only ever been called cute by her brothers. She abruptly hit her fist onto the palm of her hand after coming to a conclusion.
"Oh, ahem, the mask! Of course," Arisu scratched the back of her and laughed nervously. She managed to regain her cool composure despite the chaos going through her thoughts. Her eyes then locked onto Megumi's quivering lips.
'Wait a second, is she making fun of me?!' Arisu's face turned red again as she looked away and scanned down the other festival stalls.
Ano: Basically saying "uh" or "um" in Japanese