Right, right! I didn't take you for a festivities sort of guy, but Kondo has your best interests at heart, doesn't he? Events like these are good for humans, especially for demon vice commanders who feel like marrying their entire workload.
[ there's a faint sparkle in his eye towards the end, smirking in hijikata's direction, but he glances down. ] It's not as if I knew what I was going to do once I found you, though. Under any other circumstances, there's no other reason for a sword like me to talk to you.
In a way, I'm really glad that you remembered.
[ when hijikata pauses, awkwardness radiating off of him in waves, tsurumaru leans forward curiously, listening the offer that comes together in a mumbled mishmash of words. and once he realizes what it is, he's grinning so widely that he feels stupid, everything feels stupid, but blissfully so. ]
Aah, Hiji... Are you, perhaps, asking me on a— [ and he raises his voice here, in the very slightest, rephrasing his word choices. ] —asking me to go to the festival with you?
[ but he quickly relents, feeling that he's embarrassed hijikata just enough; with his hands clasped together, his bright expression is already indicative of his response. ] If you have the time, that is... I wouldn't want anyone else but you to show me.
WHY WON'T YOU LEARN THAT SLAPPING DOESNT WORK ON ME!!!
[ there's a faint sparkle in his eye towards the end, smirking in hijikata's direction, but he glances down. ] It's not as if I knew what I was going to do once I found you, though. Under any other circumstances, there's no other reason for a sword like me to talk to you.
In a way, I'm really glad that you remembered.
[ when hijikata pauses, awkwardness radiating off of him in waves, tsurumaru leans forward curiously, listening the offer that comes together in a mumbled mishmash of words. and once he realizes what it is, he's grinning so widely that he feels stupid, everything feels stupid, but blissfully so. ]
Aah, Hiji... Are you, perhaps, asking me on a— [ and he raises his voice here, in the very slightest, rephrasing his word choices. ] —asking me to go to the festival with you?
[ but he quickly relents, feeling that he's embarrassed hijikata just enough; with his hands clasped together, his bright expression is already indicative of his response. ] If you have the time, that is... I wouldn't want anyone else but you to show me.