"Better than being late."

"...it is?"

"In the worst case I wait a bit before seeing you, and in the best I get to spend more time with you."

"...hm."

He walks around Tōkan and flops down on the sofa with the chocolate box on his lap.

"...shall I wait for you to finish eating the chocolate, my prince?"

Suspicious look. "'M not a prinsh," he says, mouth full.

Tōkan shakes his head and flops down on the sofa, right next to Inori.

"...why are you so close?"

"Do you not like it?"

He shrugs. "Do whatever you want."

"I am."

...he really hates that smile.

"So what are your plans for today? 🧐"

"Dunno."

"I was thinking we could go to a cat café..."

Okay, he's got Inori's attention.

"...and after that we go to a manga store nearby..."

So far so good...

"...then we catch a movie..."

Ugh.

"...where we buy a double extra large bucket of popcorn..."

Okay that's good again.

"...and finally we come back here and I help Kuroji-san make a big delicious dinner with Inori's favourites."

...you know what, this "date" thing might not be so bad after all.

"...sounds like you've got it all planned out, huh. 😯"