Hayato was not helping Peter so enthusiastically simply because his saintly instincts had kicked in.
First, it was personal bad taste. A loser's comeback, whether in film and television or real life, was always interesting.
Second, he wanted to see whether the legendary American high school party really was as wild as people said.
Lastly, Hayato did not know whether this counted as kindness, but at least for Liz, having a superhero boyfriend was not necessarily a good thing.
Busy—
Most superheroes did their vigilante work in their spare time outside of work. That meant they could not cling to their girlfriends like ordinary boyfriends. Men and women in the throes of love always wished they could stay together twenty-four hours a day. Like young lovers who had just tasted forbidden fruit, only the lack of protection could stop them from going at it—at least stamina was not the issue.
Danger—
When they did not know their lover was a superhero, they only felt that their lover was busy and always missed important moments. They could not help wondering whether he had fallen out of love, whether they meant nothing to him... and so on.
Once they knew, though, they could not help worrying whenever the superhero fought supervillains.
When superheroes and supervillains were theoretically evenly matched, or when the superheroes even held the advantage, why were superheroes always at a disadvantage in actual fights?
Because every innocent civilian was a hostage in the hands of the supervillains.
Superheroes were constrained at every turn.
Supervillains acted without restraint.
The contrast was obvious.
The relatives and lovers of superheroes were even more of a weakness. In other words, superheroes not only had to endure criticism from official institutions and even the public, but also suffered inwardly from the guilt of putting