[His heart is too confused to even ache about this. How is he supposed to interpret this? Weren't they just friends? Why did it matter if it was a date or not??]
You... you don't have to apologize for something like that! We're friends! You can talk to me about whatever you want to talk about! And whether it's a date or not doesn't... doesn't really...
["Doesn't really matter"-- except it does</i matter to Ranpo, doesn't it? If he says something like that, would that mean he'd be shutting down any possibility of going on dates in the future?]
[After all, Atsushi doesn't seem too worried about the fact that it was date.]
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[His heart is too confused to even ache about this. How is he supposed to interpret this? Weren't they just friends? Why did it matter if it was a date or not??]
You... you don't have to apologize for something like that! We're friends! You can talk to me about whatever you want to talk about! And whether it's a date or not doesn't... doesn't really...
["Doesn't really matter"-- except it does</i matter to Ranpo, doesn't it? If he says something like that, would that mean he'd be shutting down any possibility of going on dates in the future?] [After all, Atsushi doesn't seem too worried about the fact that it was date.] [...]