"No, it's not bad," Nanami says, smiling, "A love like ours doesn't come around too often." He wouldn't want it to. Like that might cheapen it. A foolish feeling, perhaps, but Nanami never did find anything like this. Perhaps the world of jujutsu sorcerers is simply too small for that.

Nanami kisses Haibara back, smiling against his lips. "You'll get to touch me every day. We'll sleep together, there for each other throughout the night. We have no need to keep it secret. Let others stare as we hold hands in public." It's more than he ever did before.