[ Haruka relaxes, trying to get them both into the swing of the dance again. These things aren't exactly common, no. And that's okay.

Maybe she should distract with useless historical trivia. She's accumulated an embarrassment of riches when it comes to the history of kissing anything that can be found in really terrible romance scripts interpersonal relations. ]

Dancing used to be one of the only forms of courtship where people had the privacy to talk. Couples focused just on each other, and that made it easier to block everyone else out.

[ She lifts an arm so Yakumo can twirl under it. ] Annoying restrictions, huh?