[ How quickly you discard your bromance, Souji. Is manly love truly so fickle that it can be cast aside when confronted with a talented lepidotrichia? For shame. You're supposed to be the more emotionally understanding one, here.

The issue with them both being so straight-faced, though, is that it's hard to tell who is joking and who isn't. Maybe it doesn't matter. ]

....Mm.

[ Is he actually thinking about that question? Minato glances upward for a second. ]

..."Hootie and the Blowfish" with a real blowfish...?

[ This needs to be stopped immediately. Tail still puffed from her scare, Minato's carrier jumps again when Cream-san also spazzes out, before offering a conciliatory meow. ]