Excellent, that didn't go exactly as he planned. Not at all like planned.

No shifty eyes needed at all.

“Hayato-san, are you alright? Your eyes are moving strangely.”

"Probably just my allergies." Hayato offered with a sniffle as he raised an arm to dab at his eyes with his sleeve.

"Should be better when I put the little one away."

“Hmmm, yes, I suppose so. You should probably take a shower... and see a doctor. And maybe invest in a space suit. Such are the perils of owning a kitten.”

"Maybe just a gas mask." Hayato replied with a soft chuckle. "A shower would be good though. I feel like I need one right now."

“Yes... quite urgently. Although at least the mask highlights your eyes, which are one of your better features. Perhaps you should wear maskcore more often?”

"I think I'll pass." He replied with a shake of his head. "This thing is more then a little stifling."

He smirked between the mask and flutters his eyes at Shoan. "Still glad to hear you like my eyes."

She rolls her eyes
“Everyone needs at least one positive feature.”

"And mine is certainly not my mask." He agreed, though further comment was delayed by another sneeze. Sneezing in a mask was decidely not fun.

"I recall yours is your shins?" He added after recovering.

“They are appropriately proportioned and coloured and can be displayed easily. I think it is a sensible body part to choose.”

"You might want to preface that with what you're referring to. If someone had randomly walked in right then they might think you were talking about something else." It was probably good to point out that it sounded like she might be talking about her breasts. Just for her own benefit.

“Ah... like my nose?”
She wiggles it slightly
“It would probably be best not to give people the wrong impression.”

"Your nose isn't plural." He pointed towards Shoan's chest. "You need to think lower."

"Well unless you were referring to your nostrils."

“Ah yes. My feet.”
Shoan wasn’t sure why Hayato wasn’t making eye contact, she must have something on her shirt.

"Is your feet where you wear your beige Shoan-san." Hayato replied just a little bit exasperated.

"When you say something like 'they're perfectly proportioned and a nice color and can be displayed easily.' what do you think they are talking about on Scorpion planets?"

“Well I have some black socks to-“
Ah
“Hayato-san I am sure that is not what would come to mind for most respectable samurai, scorpion excluded.”

"You might be right." He replied thoughtfully. "Why don't you ask Kitsu-san what she thinks you're describing when you sat that? She'll likely have a better measure of these things then me."

“Excellent idea! I hope you are prepared to feel very foolish when she looks at my feet.”

"I'll even buy you an ice cream as a way of apologizing for my foolishness." He agreed with a nod.


"It'd be only proper after all."

“... well I have never said no to an ice-cream before. And I can simply run a few extra kilometres today to make up for it.”