It's a magical world

It sounds innoccuous in English, but Kohane's line "What do you think of Kimihiro-kun, Shizuka-kun?" uses the exact same language one would use (particularly in manga, especially more typical shoujo manga) to ask someone about their romantic interest in someone else. And she's being very direct and blunt throughout this chapter (which is quite a change from how people usually talk in xxxHOLiC).