In hindsight, it makes a lot of sense to me that Akane didn't get too caught up in feelings. She's been established as a very good actress who gets super in character, and we knew that the Ai persona was specifically made to get screen time and get close with Aqua. If she's so good at reading...
Thanks for the chapter! Now that the MC is at school, she finally has the freedom to start doing some real sneaky things. I'm looking forward to what she has planned.
I really want to go back through and edit in that oatmeal box in every panel. If they actually did that, I wouldn't even get mad, I'd just be impressed.