[ he tries to smile back, but hijikata is a merciless, cruel man who enjoys tormenting pure tastebuds that did nothing wrong with bitter things, and after that, tsurumaru puts a mouth over his hand as a shield, staring at hijikata defiantly. ]

See!! You're so mean. [ and he'll slowly lower his hand, after he thinks it's safe. ] It'll take more than that to bother me — you could probably feed me green tea ice cream forever, and I'd still be saying that.

[ he might be crying, though....... rip tastebuds. but clearly, just smacking his lips a bunch of times isn't going to get the flavor to go away, so he takes a spoonful of his own ice cream again, successfully freeing himself from bitter ice cream hell.

but he has a thought, so he soon flicks the head of his spoon in hijikata's direction. ] Do you want some?