Ami nibbled at the popcorn as if nothing was wrong. There was a person in front of them who might not have appreciated Kanda's feet pressing against the chair back, but she didn't intervene in that, either.

"Are you saying you didn't want to have a date tonight?" Amazingly, the question was only teasing him, mischievously; she realized belatedly, and with some surprise, that she trusted he did want to be here with her or he wouldn't have come here at all.

It made her smile quietly to herself.