Honestly, nobody should have to think about Principal Kuno if they don't have to.

"It does," Akane says. "That sounds... nice, actually. That you've got people here you care that much about and that care that much about you. I think I envy you, a little."

Not that Connie isn't wonderful and not that she doesn't know Connie cares about her--but that's different than a whole surrogate family.

"Do you think they'll like me?" she asks. For reasons she's not entirely comfortable probing, Akane wants Connie's second family to like her.