[Marco wouldn't have regarded the shoulder pat as anything odd if Jean hadn't acted as if he'd been burned on contact. As it is, he looks up at his fiend with a confused expression. Is he still frustrated about the mistletoe incident, or was it because of something else?

He'll just... uh... try not to draw attention to how awkward that shoulder pat was and focus on the subject at hand. Right. He was talking to Haruka.]

But... even if swimming is the thing that you love most, that doesn't mean you can't have other interests. You love cooking too, right?