diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 6bffaea..877640d 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -7150,13 +7150,8 @@
     Py_ssize_t end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
     PyObject *result;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O&O&:count", &substring,
-                          _PyEval_SliceIndex, &start, _PyEval_SliceIndex, &end))
-        return NULL;
-
-    substring = (PyUnicodeObject *)PyUnicode_FromObject(
-        (PyObject *)substring);
-    if (substring == NULL)
+    if (!stringlib_parse_args_finds_unicode("count", args, &substring,
+                                            &start, &end))
         return NULL;
 
     FIX_START_END(self);
@@ -7306,12 +7301,13 @@
 static PyObject *
 unicode_find(PyUnicodeObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    PyObject *substring;
+    PyUnicodeObject *substring;
     Py_ssize_t start;
     Py_ssize_t end;
     Py_ssize_t result;
 
-    if (!_ParseTupleFinds(args, &substring, &start, &end))
+    if (!stringlib_parse_args_finds_unicode("find", args, &substring,
+                                            &start, &end))
         return NULL;
 
     result = stringlib_find_slice(
@@ -7368,11 +7364,12 @@
 unicode_index(PyUnicodeObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     Py_ssize_t result;
-    PyObject *substring;
+    PyUnicodeObject *substring;
     Py_ssize_t start;
     Py_ssize_t end;
 
-    if (!_ParseTupleFinds(args, &substring, &start, &end))
+    if (!stringlib_parse_args_finds_unicode("index", args, &substring,
+                                            &start, &end))
         return NULL;
 
     result = stringlib_find_slice(
@@ -8230,12 +8227,13 @@
 static PyObject *
 unicode_rfind(PyUnicodeObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    PyObject *substring;
+    PyUnicodeObject *substring;
     Py_ssize_t start;
     Py_ssize_t end;
     Py_ssize_t result;
 
-    if (!_ParseTupleFinds(args, &substring, &start, &end))
+    if (!stringlib_parse_args_finds_unicode("rfind", args, &substring,
+                                            &start, &end))
         return NULL;
 
     result = stringlib_rfind_slice(
@@ -8257,12 +8255,13 @@
 static PyObject *
 unicode_rindex(PyUnicodeObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    PyObject *substring;
+    PyUnicodeObject *substring;
     Py_ssize_t start;
     Py_ssize_t end;
     Py_ssize_t result;
 
-    if (!_ParseTupleFinds(args, &substring, &start, &end))
+    if (!stringlib_parse_args_finds_unicode("rindex", args, &substring,
+                                            &start, &end))
         return NULL;
 
     result = stringlib_rfind_slice(
@@ -8725,8 +8724,7 @@
     Py_ssize_t end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
     int result;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O&O&:startswith", &subobj,
-                          _PyEval_SliceIndex, &start, _PyEval_SliceIndex, &end))
+    if (!stringlib_parse_args_finds("startswith", args, &subobj, &start, &end))
         return NULL;
     if (PyTuple_Check(subobj)) {
         Py_ssize_t i;
@@ -8771,8 +8769,7 @@
     Py_ssize_t end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
     int result;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O&O&:endswith", &subobj,
-                          _PyEval_SliceIndex, &start, _PyEval_SliceIndex, &end))
+    if (!stringlib_parse_args_finds("endswith", args, &subobj, &start, &end))
         return NULL;
     if (PyTuple_Check(subobj)) {
         Py_ssize_t i;