[ as gullible as she can be, as desperate for confirmation, Makoto isn't stupid. Not when it comes to knowing herself, knowing that she isn't the typical girl who can flutter like a proper princess and swoon over romantic advances. Sometimes, she'd like to be.

The rest of the time, she knows better, and her smile only carries a trace of something bittersweet when she looks at him. ]

Even if that was true, I'm not like any of the girls you've dated before, right? But... you don't have to force it. I'm honestly happy that I'm here with you, right now, and no matter what happens, where we go or what we do-- how we do it, that doesn't change the fact that I'm on a date with you, and that's the most important thing to me. You can't get more right than that.