[Narrowly avoiding having his face neatly punched inside out (for now?!), aw yeah... Though Kaoru also absolutely notes that shift in expression, however minute or brief it may be, because stalking Chizuru and Chizuru's friends and fifty thousand love interests is a full time job and he has to be paying attention to every little detail.

That's actually a little distracting though, because defensiveness or denial or even playing dumb is what had been expected. What is this? Genuine concern or something...? Mannish obtuseness?? Kaoru's arms fold neatly across his stomach, head canting to the side and brow furrowing.]

I mean that she was upset over it - upset about the entire thing. She was so embarrassed that she didn't return my call for a day and a half because she's avoiding the network... [A small tutting noise! Why aren't people stalking Chizuru as well as he is, gosh.] It's only natural after something like that.