[ For a moment he blinks at her sudden enthusiasm - and even when he gets over the initial surprise he still doesn't quite know where it just came from, really - but then he settles back into a smile, and it slowly grows wider. It's good to see her being this happy despite.. well, everything. The fact that the Shinsengumi are being driven into a corner more, even being forced to leave Kyoto, and then his condition, but.. apparently there's still something great she can think of, and he's more than willing to indulge her by listening to it.
It's why he doesn't really mind when she pulls away and he gives her a small nod and a hand gesture as if he's wordlessly saying he'll listen to her in a moment. Just in case it has to do with the secret they're both keeping together, he wants to make sure absolutely no one is listening in on this, on purpose or not.
So he walks away from her for a moment, sauntering over to the door. ]
Oi, Sano! Go chat somewhere else, won't ya, some of us are trying to nap after being at sea for so long! [ The excuse is probably convincing enough, he figures, especially since it's not like's known for not liking to sleep..
And surely enough it works. There's an answer from the other side of the door asking him if he's going to rest his old man bones, and as Shinpachi peeks his head out of the room there's a few words back and forth between the two men before the redhead tells him good night and saunters off, apparently not having noticed that Chizuru's still there in the room with him as well (which Shinpachi was trying to accomplish, anyway, since he doesn't really feel like making up an excuse and lying to Sano of all people - it's already hard enough to not let his best friend in on his little problem here) and that's when Shinpachi closes the door again.
Now he's sure they're really alone, he gives her a soft pat on the shoulder. ]
There, now no one's gonna listen. [ And he sure doesn't want to keep her waiting even a moment longer when she's so excited that it's visible even in her body language. ] Tell me, I'm all ears.
[ At least he's a lot more like his usual self by now, although it's maybe a tiny bit forced around the edges. But most of it is just Shinpachi pushing that whole blood drinking experience to the back of his mind to deal with it later - it's not like he can vent about it to anyone, so he'll just have to find some other way to go about it later on. But not in front of Chizuru, and especially not when he doesn't want to ruin her good mood. Even if the irony taste still lingers in the back of his throat. ]
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It's why he doesn't really mind when she pulls away and he gives her a small nod and a hand gesture as if he's wordlessly saying he'll listen to her in a moment. Just in case it has to do with the secret they're both keeping together, he wants to make sure absolutely no one is listening in on this, on purpose or not.
So he walks away from her for a moment, sauntering over to the door. ]
Oi, Sano! Go chat somewhere else, won't ya, some of us are trying to nap after being at sea for so long! [ The excuse is probably convincing enough, he figures, especially since it's not like's known for not liking to sleep..
And surely enough it works. There's an answer from the other side of the door asking him if he's going to rest his old man bones, and as Shinpachi peeks his head out of the room there's a few words back and forth between the two men before the redhead tells him good night and saunters off, apparently not having noticed that Chizuru's still there in the room with him as well (which Shinpachi was trying to accomplish, anyway, since he doesn't really feel like making up an excuse and lying to Sano of all people - it's already hard enough to not let his best friend in on his little problem here) and that's when Shinpachi closes the door again.
Now he's sure they're really alone, he gives her a soft pat on the shoulder. ]
There, now no one's gonna listen. [ And he sure doesn't want to keep her waiting even a moment longer when she's so excited that it's visible even in her body language. ] Tell me, I'm all ears.
[ At least he's a lot more like his usual self by now, although it's maybe a tiny bit forced around the edges. But most of it is just Shinpachi pushing that whole blood drinking experience to the back of his mind to deal with it later - it's not like he can vent about it to anyone, so he'll just have to find some other way to go about it later on. But not in front of Chizuru, and especially not when he doesn't want to ruin her good mood. Even if the irony taste still lingers in the back of his throat. ]