[Hearing Marie state that resolutely is... Well, it's nice. Itsuki's more of a giver, and he always lets people take. There's something charming about how emphatic she is that he rely on her too, especially since he's been bothering her since they first met. Marie, softe...

He tries not to look too happy, and it helps that she asks the next question.]

I wouldn't mind. [WANT is a very STRONG WORD, but also, he doesn't feel repelled. (it's called simping)] I'd like to find some way where she doesn't have to come out at all, but... If it might happen, then there's no harm in being prepared, right?

[he says that more tentatively, since, after all! this is! marie! and she'd know herself best, wouldn't she]