In truth, Ito was more than just slightly frazzled. He'd already forgotten the existence of one cooking club member (and as he looked at her face again, he realized that she was one of the actual recurring members.

"Sorry," he apologized, running around the room as the two of them spoke. "I'm a bit...out of sorts today." He looked hopefully at the door. Having a new member was wonderful, but it didn't appear that anyone else had actually showed up.

"Does anyone know if there's any other function today," he asked, nervously. "There should be more people here, but if not, we can get started soon."

There was a remaining pink blush on his cheeks that he was trying to hide from Aoi-san's comment. Steady on, old lad. Don't go down that road.