[ Souji pulls a face at that friendly poke. wow.... spot-on shinpachi. He could probably take more offense to that, but it's been a while speaking with people who can tease him without him getting all murderous. A positive side-effect due to the fact that he knows Shinpachi, and he likes the other man. it's not very fun when strangers are the ones teasing him. ]

That's what tiresome people do, even when it's not deserved.

[ He totally didn't deserve any scolding!!! Not for trying to bait amnesiac Hijikata into fighting him in a proper duel or for making fun of his haiku. He's the very epitome of innocence. ]

You'll probably get to hear it for yourself, since Shinpachi-san getting scolded is inevitable.

[ That's right, he's going to throw stones in his glass house, take that ]