[ Tsuru. it's been like five minutes. you can't be that jealous over a puppy? Hijikata stops doing the petting motion with his hand, but the hand is still On the puppy head. Ume does wriggle a bit, in a sense to kind of say 'why did you stop?'
he looks at Tsuru, kind of... curious as to why he said that? also confused? ]
Well, she seems to like it, and she's not misbehaving...
[ so there's no reason to stop petting her!? of course, he has yet to figure out Why Tsuru said that. he'll probably catch on later but first he'll go with the other guess. ]
*smokes pipe*
he looks at Tsuru, kind of... curious as to why he said that? also confused? ]
Well, she seems to like it, and she's not misbehaving...
[ so there's no reason to stop petting her!? of course, he has yet to figure out Why Tsuru said that. he'll probably catch on later but first he'll go with the other guess. ]
Unless you want to pet her.