I mean, we don't have to cover it right now if you don't actually want to?

No, I want to. Because I, like, I think probably I, I've thought about it and I don't really get it. But I think I'm not just interested in you, I think I—might—like you. Actually. So.

...okay. So what exactly is the content of "a fuckboy", then...?

I didn't. Like you. Back then. Yet. And so I—wasn't—looking for, uh. Anything—serious. I wasn't, like—thinking of a one-night-stand, exactly, but it did become—pretty clear, to you—that we probably weren't looking for the same thing at the time. What I said was that I—didn't know my type, and didn't know of a way to figure that out without—anyway I still don't know my type for a hundred percent sure but I have a current top theory and I'd like to see if I'm right about it.

Okay.

...okay?

Is hunting witches your idea of a date, 'cause I wanna hunt witches.

!

!!!!!!!!

Wait—for real? Wait, really?

Did that, like, work???????

What, did I hate hunting witches last time?

No, no, I just—yes, I'd love to, I mean—yes let's go on a witch-hunting date!

That worked! That worked!!!!! It woooooooooooorked ahahahahaahahahah okay he is really bad at modelling himself apparently this feels a lot better than he thought it would!!!!! Still not like 100%, he still kind of feels like throwing up, but, like additionally he feels great!

Where do you wanna meet up to start dowsing?

Uh, I dunno, I'd been kinda roof hopping vaguely in the direction of your place but if you were practising with Yamanaka-san then you're probably not there?

Nah, we met but she had a work thing and begged off after a bit, I'm on my building's roof shooting paperclips.

On my way, then!

On the roof, there's Haru, flinging paperclips off the edge of the building and shooting them and then dismissing the arrows before they can hit anything else.

The nausea has mostly subsided by then so Yutaka can just feel mostly happy about it and appreciative of just hooooooow hot this boy is it's kind of unreal. He lands on the roof, bows corteously, then extends his hand. "Would my lord do me the honour of gracing me with his company on this nightly jaunt?"

"Ooh, I'm a lord now." He dismisses his bow and takeas Yutaka's hand. "By all means let us be off. - is the costume the same?"

"Yes, but you look so much more handsome this time, somehow." He starts dowsing.

"I have no idea why that would be." Looks like the nearest witch is that way.

...they probably can't roof hop holding hands, but Yutaka can probably bow again to kiss Haru's knuckles before saying, "After you, Haru."

Haru grins at him and takes a flying leap, golden robe billowing behind him.

Okay you know what, Yutaka was wrong. Yutaka thought that that smile made him want to kiss Haru, but that was before he'd seen that smile pointed at him. Now it makes him take a second longer than he meant to to follow after because he had to catch his breath first.

WHEEEEEEE

Him being so delighted in Yutaka's presence is also making Yutaka's heart go doki doki, even if it's not about Yutaka this time.

Okay he's kind of getting convinced that part of the coiling black mass of undecipherable feeling in his stomach must be liking Haru. He's seen handsome boys in all sorts of situations before and they never did this to him.

And eventually they find a barrier. It looks different from the cherry blossom witch.

"Strategy?" inquires Haru, when he's landed in front of it.