Yutaka considers this. "I'm not sure I like it," he concludes. "Feels like my brain's been hacked. You still look cool all the time even if I try to think about ways you're supposedly uncool."

"Sorry? Should I do something deliberately uncool - I'm not actually sure what would qualify -"

"Well it wouldn't count if it was on purpose, that's, like—that thing where someone who is super cool can do a bunch of uncool things and they just look cooler because only someone really cool could do uncool things without looking uncool. 'Cool' stopped sounding like a real word."

He reeeeeeally shouldn't have admitted to liking Haru, back then. He should've played more coy, harder-to-get, something, he's being so pathetic and clingy and uncool. He's not sure what he's gonna do about it, though, because he clearly can't stop even when he's trying, and it's not like starting to act cool from now on would erase all the ways he's been pathetic.

It's kind of unpleasant to have his face rubbed on how sad it is to be the one who likes the other person more. He'd always kind of low-key pictured that if/when he ever found someone he could actually like they'd be the one chasing after him.

"Well there's your problem, if any uncool thing I do just contributes to my aura because you've already decided that I'm so great." He laces his fingers together with Yutaka's.

Once again very stupid that holding a boy's hand can make his heart go dokidoki like that. "Y-yeah, I guess."

"I'm pretty great but I'm not inhuman. ...except in the sense that I'm a rock."

He giggles. "You're very cute."

He is also very kissable.

"So, should we try to talk to other magicals or—honestly that sounds awful actually, let's try to find a witch?"

Kiss! "Sounds good to me." Dowsing time.

There is always a nearest witch but sometimes there isn't a near-enough witch.

...he supposes it makes sense for there to not be one witch for every two magicals every day. It would make sense if there were, too, both things make sense, but, you know.

"I guess we're... not getting a witch tonight, then?"

"Looks like. Which in its own way is good news, I guess, but."

"You know, I'm going to choose to feel happy and productive because we talked to some magicals, even if they're twelve. That was a solid, concrete step towards saving Tokyo."

"Do you wanna try to set up a meeting with more of them?"

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea. And tomorrow's a Saturday so maybe there'll be more people available."

"Depends how many of these people, like, work day jobs, but yeah."

So he can see about getting his name out there, probably with Kyūbey's help, and in the meantime...

...does Haru want to go on a movie date with him? Probably they shouldn't be going out every night on the regular but like they are in fact going out every night on the regular due to the superheroing and while they're at it they might as well do other stuff, too.

Why shouldn't they go out every night on the regular? Haru will go see a movie with him, sure.

Cosy stay at home dates are also fun! Probably. He hasn't tried them before. Also someday Haru will let himself get carried away and then they'll have a lot more reason to want to spend time at home down, boy. Movie date, for now.

What's playing?

There's a romcom and an action flick and a Marvel movie and a drama and a coming-of-age movie and a horror movie and a supernatural thriller.

"I'm not usually a huge movie person so I don't have most of the Marvel movie context, and also it's weird to me when obvious Americans are dubbed into Japanese... I guess I might have a new appreciation for action and thrillers these days."

"We might be able to find somewhere that has them subbed," he says uncertainly. "I'm kind of a wimp when it comes to horror and thrillers but that's not necessarily a 'no', that's an 'I will scream like a little girl and cling to you throughout' warning."

"Oh no, I'm fine with something else I was just trying to not stare at the offerings and be so noncommittal that it would sound like I didn't wanna go at all."

"I think it would be pretty romantic for me to cower in fear and hide behind my brave, powerful boyfriend, and I can keep the screaming to a minimum. So your pick of action versus thriller, then."