[ gosh, do you not realize it when you grab someone else's hand...! out of curiosity, tsurumaru will try to pry his hand away; not that he wants to, but just to see what he'd do. in a usual situation, hijikata would pull away, wouldn't he? ]

Then, you should be willing to let go — [ an experimental yank, but if anything, his grip has only tightened.

while he does like to tease him, he's usually never this persistent?? so tsurumaru's going to cover all his bases first, just in case. ]

Did I do something wrong? You're only like this when I've knocked over your tea set, or bleached your dark kimonos... and I haven't done anything like that lately.

[ snrk... ] Or, is this something else entirely?