[Honestly, maybe Hanako should have let go the moment she started screeching like that (he's so used to pinching his brother's cheeks that he sort of... forgot... that's not a thing people normally tolerate), but her reaction was just too funny to stop, so he just... doesn't. It's not until she starts flailing and swatting at his hands like they were a pesky bug that he finally does decide to disengage, but then somewhere amidst that chaotic movement, she... somehow grabs his hand anyway?? Did she want him gone or did she want him to stay, make up your mind, girl--

Maybe he should probably be just a teensy bit flustered, given the fact he hasn't really held hands with a lot of girls his age-- but, if anything, he's more bemused by it all. Did it really take all that to convince her?]

Well, yeah, 'cos I told you, I'm not dead.

[And because Hanako just loves making more of a pest of himself, he shoots Illya a coy look, fluttering the fingers of his captured hand within her own.]

... though if you wanted to hold hands that badly, you could have just let me know, you bold thing ❤︎

[HANAKO OH MY GOD, STOOOOOPPPPPP]