[Atsushi here is going to hold both hands up in front of him, meek again and making sure both of them know exactly where his hands are. Not on Inaba. He's being good. Her embarrassment and his are an echo chamber of emotion, that successfully buries the last of his grief.

For now. He'll certainly be processing this more on his own, but also... Perhaps only in his subconscious does Atsushi know he has some complex emotions to process.

On the surface, he just touched a girl and he's really sorry.]

No - uh-- It wasn't weird, it was nice-- You mean, comforting? Ehehe... [He lowers his hands slightly, as if to physically lower both their fluster.] Thank you. I'll...

["It's okay to not be okay."

He swallows his instinctive answer. Maybe he won't be okay, but;]

I can handle it better now. [Since she's taken him down from his emotional extremes.] Thank you, Inaba.