Maaaybe, if you'd be so kind as to indulge me. If you won't, though, then I won't get my hopes up.

[ damn... he'd expected to see more resistance than that, but hijikata's shame is just nonexistent. for mr. vanilla petplay and tears, he's pretty resilient against provocations.

but when he asks that next question, tsurumaru kind of... stares, like did he really just ask that, thinkig that tsurumaru would somehow give him the answer he wants? ]

Well, I mean... you make a lot of dog references, don't you? Even if it's in a different way, you've got to be a pet person.