<sub>[ It is real. Even with Katsura being rather shallow right now— wanting special treatment and compliments, Sakamoto is a special person to him because of who he is. He's one of the few people in his lonely life that he can actually trust even with the differences they may have from time to time.

Katsura feels his hand reach over to hold onto Sakamoto's arm. Half of him is playing up his part; half of him really wants to be closer to Sakamoto. ]</sub>

Ah, I would too.
Especially if that merchant friend of his is a reoccurring character. Maybe a supporting character that isn't just in the openings and closings.
_{[ It was debatable whether Zura was actually trying to make his identity known now or not.
..Even though Sakamoto already knew who he was. ]}