[Kashuu is so used to their doubly tactile natures in turn that it still doesn't register that the thumb against his cheek could read as a little too intimate. Seems like he wasn't kidding when he said the kiss was only awkward because Souji specifically pointed it out... Or rather, Kashuu has the same sort of trouble differentiating between types of love, so it doesn't naturally occur to him that something like this could be misread.

Or it didn't, anyway. Now he's stuck in Confused Hell!! Even so, his hand raises, fingers ghosting briefly across the back of Souji's. That's not too far from the norm for him either, even if he's more consciously aware of his actions now.]

You don't have to worry about that. [This comes first and most adamantly. He made a promise, after all, and he intends to keep it even if he dies of embarrassment at the same time...] Just 'cause it's weird right now, I'm not just gonna leave, okay? You're the one who holed yourself up in here, anyway.

[FOR GOOD REASON-- But he goes quiet for a second after that, like he's trying to process what Souji said. And then, carefully:]

Hey... Did you mean what you said, though? I mean, not like that, but-- [Vague hand gestures?! He's bad at this. Romantic love is something he's not equipped to deal with, but if he ignores the mortifying parts and the fact that they're both still confused as hell... Well. It'd be the first time he ever got confirmation that he was loved by his former master.]