It only took you what, a month and today to actually compliment me? [ but he's teasing, only teasing; hijikata doesn't seem like the kind of person to dispense compliments freely, after all. ]

I could, but it's a little odd. If I ask them where I got it, I can't say I totally spent the rest of my day with the demon vice commander of the Shinsengumi — Horikawa would have a heart attack, you know. [ yes, hijikata, he still has friends, even if things are a little awkward right now at the citadel........... ]

You can't tell me what to doooo— I'm going to worry about you all I want, because you're old— [ he cuts off when he sees the ball that hijikata throws collide into a pinwheel prize, and if he could clap his hands together, he would have. ] See? You won't know until you try. Now you've won something, too!

[ tsurumaru catches the sound of firecrackers, but not enough for them to officially begin; rather, it's the trial firecrackers, testing the skies to see if they'll light, etc, which basically tells them that the fireworks will start in a few minutes — enough for them to look around for a bit more before heading up. ]

Ooh! Did you want to grab something to eat, before they start?