[ Thankfully - for Shinpachi, anyway - that sort of thing isn't nearly as effective as it used to be. Sure, in the past it might have given him some guilt since he was practically yelling like this at someone who mostly just seems like a demure young lady.. but he's seen Kaoru's shitheaded side (or at least, part of it, he hasn't even seen the full depths of it just yet but if Souji says someone is trouble, then he damn well knows someone's really got to be trouble) enough to not feel bad about this by now. He knows it's an act, so he shoves the feeling of strange embarrassment and guilt in the back of his mind away as far as he can. ]

We've already been over this, even if you don't remember it. [ And Kaoru is just about the very last person he'd like to explain the concept of jamjars to in great detail, to boot.. ] When you're cruel to other people, they'll be cruel in return, yeah? No matter how cute you try to look, you can't hide what's on the inside.

[ Words.. of wisdom from Shinpachi Nagakura.. put it on the fortune cookie stat. ]