[ but why is he so embarrassed!! it's not as if kashuu went into exquisite detail about all of hijikata's love affairs... plus, it's not something that tsuru really understands, since being that filthy with so many different people at once is more of a human need, and ???? what are humans, honestly... if hijikata pinky promises, though, to never ever go to the pleasure district agaij for that kind of fun, then tsuru will never bring it up again.

at first, he stares... like, did he really just... before he bursts into laughter — not because he finds it strange or anything (look... he's heard so many variations of this that he's just accepted it), but because hijikata is somehow so convinced that this training thing is going to work on him. ]

Do you think you're capable of that? Ancient swords aren't just so easily trained, you know.

[ you know what they say... wait for it.... wait for it.... you can't teach an old dog new tricks!

so tsurumaru leans forward to respond, lips curving into a wry smile. ] I'd like to see you try, because that's as far as you're going to get.

[ he's just teasing, of course... he even sounds like he's just teasing! he wouldn't want to insult hijikata's bedroom kink pride, would he? ]