C'mon, everyone's heard of Date Masamune, right? Or am I just that weeb...
Anyways, I like this pair the best.
I mean, that's the most recognizable use of "Date" in japanese for us foreigners...and that's mostly it.
So unless you remember that one person named "Date", or had a character named "Date" in some japanese media you really like, I wouldn't expect to remember it from the top of my head, much less while reading this (or any other romance series, where the context might have your mind you go to a different meaning first)
DW, my point mostly is that it's understandable to not go to "Date" being a proper noun instead of a verb when reading through this, nothing more.