[ Dan Heng smiles—and then his eyes widen in surprise, not from the quick kiss pressed to his cheek or the way Yingxing gets up, but from the words spoken just ahead of him doing so. ]

Of course I want a second date. We're still on the first one and I'm already thinking about how it might go.

[ His cheeks color a little at the admission. ]

I really like you, Yingxing. I wasn't joking about that, or exaggerating about my feelings.

[ Still blushing, he starts to pack up the picnic dinner, putting things away so that the other has room to set up the bedding. ]