[ listen... he lives to provoke people like this? especially stiff, rigid people who are just so easily provokable. and while he's pretty sure that hijikata isn't going to listen to him since he's, well, hijikata, it's fun for tsuru to try anyway.

but he pauses then, slowly glancing at hijikata with this solemn look, even though he still sounds cheerful. ]

Oh, I definitely would. Because — you'd probably go so far as to kill me for your Cerevice back, wouldn't you?

But you can't do that for me when you're like this... it's a pity, really.

[ so he shrugs a little, before tossing the cerevice back towards hijikata. ] Here — I didn't do anything else other than look through your texts, but who knows? I might've changed your ringtone to a blaring alarm that wakes you in the middle of the night!

[ he didn't. ]