And Haru decided against reading his sonnet so that Yutaka could recite it in public, in the middle of the park, on one knee, which he didn't do the first time, and this time he'll get to.

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
"Thou art more lovely and more temperate;
"rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
"and summer's lease hath all too short a date.

"But thy resolve no wayward gust can sway,
"nor can it fade like blossoms in the sun.
"Thine aims endure, not bound to brief display,
"but held with steadiness till they be won.

"Thy wit is sharp, and yet it cuts with grace, 
"directed not by pride but purpose pure.
"Thy values, firm, no tempter may displace,
"thy truths stand tall, unflinching to endure.

"But I'm no master of the poet's art. 
"What have I left to give, except my heart?"

(THAT WAS SO EMBARRASSING OH MY GODDDDDDDD)

(Nooo it was adorabllllle)

HE'S REALLY HAPPY HARU THOUGHT SO. HE IS GOING TO NEED TO STAND UP AND HIDE IN HARU'S NECK NOW.

Awwww hugs. "Maybe, uh, it'll get easier with practice."

"Maybe! We'll see if it'll be any easier with the new one later today! But it's very ego-syntonic to do this kind of thing because of how much I love you so maybe not!"

"Oooh there's a new one?"

"Yes there's a new one, jury's still out on whether it's any good but I'm not a good judge."

"You recited it to an entire jury before me? Oh dear." Squeeze.

"The jury is strictly internal to my own brain and half of it didn't even make it."

"Didn't make it?"

"Didn't make it to trial. Because they were too embarrassed to witness it. Only the bravest half of my brain showed up."

"Your brain sounds like a strange and populous place."

"It gets very loud sometimes. 

"Let's go get lunch, it's about that time."

"It is about that time. Should I unearth an opinion or do you have a plan?"

"What do you take me for? Of course I have a plan."

"This is delicious, have I had it before or are you just a really good guesser?"

"This one's new, but I got a sense of your taste. Although you do seem to underestimate how much you end up liking very good food."

"I guess that's not terribly surprising, I haven't had a lot of it!"

He wiggles in place a bit.

"What?"

"Just—I hadn't really thought about it but—I like being your first—anything. The first one to show you something you like."

"You have had at least one prior occasion to notice this today alone."

"Well yes but I had already thought about the fact that I was your first that. I hadn't ever thought about being your first really nice restaurant date."

"Well, enjoy." Nom.