He holds on, still not used to utilizing the lanterns but they had their uses. He glances up at the Archive, the moon glow giving it a particularly menacing look. Manabu wasn't wrong when he said that it looked spookier in the dark. Was it safe to go inside still? Of course he's certain that they'd have light once they're inside so there was nothing to really be afraid of.

"Yeah, not bad." He says, tearing his eyes away from the building, and slowly releasing Manabu's shoulder. "Well, shall we?"

Ryunosuke gestures toward the Archive, and moves to walk in that direction.

"I'm really looking forward to this." He says after a moment of silence. "I think I've said that before." He's nervous, toying with the frayed ends of his sleeves. "Books aren't really something you're interested in, are they?" A pause, before he adds on quickly. "You're really sweet, if that's the case."

First the flowers and the trinket, now taking him to a library to find a book when it's clearly not his interest? He's really flattered, but also flustered, trying to deal with the words that want to well up and escape. He doesn't want to talk poor Manabu's ear off, but he doesn't know how else to fill the silence, nerves getting to him because he's never been on a date before.

He just hopes he gets it right.