Well. It was certainly not the sort of reply he'd been expecting. While the original remark could be written off as Souji not thinking his words through, it was hard to ascribe that sort of innocence to what he said now. Nor was it teasing in the way he would have anticipated, given his own flustered outburst.
Hijikata ate the pancake he'd speared to give himself an excuse to say nothing for another moment or two while he tried to work out this strange turn of events. Just what the hell was Souji up to now?
Finally, he set the fork down again and propped his chin up on his good arm, looking Souji over in a way he usually reserved for eying up the women in his vicinity, just to see how Souji reacted. Because he couldn't really...
No. That would be ridiculous. "I doubt you'd actually want me to do that," he replied finally, just as casual as Souji had been a few moments before.
Beautifully hideous.
Well. It was certainly not the sort of reply he'd been expecting. While the original remark could be written off as Souji not thinking his words through, it was hard to ascribe that sort of innocence to what he said now. Nor was it teasing in the way he would have anticipated, given his own flustered outburst.
Hijikata ate the pancake he'd speared to give himself an excuse to say nothing for another moment or two while he tried to work out this strange turn of events. Just what the hell was Souji up to now?
Finally, he set the fork down again and propped his chin up on his good arm, looking Souji over in a way he usually reserved for eying up the women in his vicinity, just to see how Souji reacted. Because he couldn't really...
No. That would be ridiculous. "I doubt you'd actually want me to do that," he replied finally, just as casual as Souji had been a few moments before.