If he asked people whose opinion Shiho actually cared about, they'd probably tell him that he was a good influence. Because when she's with him, she's happy, she's cheerful and she fights harder for the future because she could see her future with him. And for a group of teenagers who'd been raised in a Facility that treated them like disposable tools, this kind of normalcy was hard to find and therefore fiercely cherished.

That and it stopped her from being a menace. But mostly, for unselfish reasons, they all liked seeing a truly happy Shiho.

A Shiho who closes her eyes as he kisses her and leans into it, smiling up at him afterwards, "Yup. There's no telling what I'll do without Tetsu here~"

The music starts to wind down as they're talking, and Shiho squeezes his fingers, "Are you hungry yet? Or do you want to do another dance?"