[ Here's to hoping they don't get too drunk and actually start talking about those two exactly because of that.. but right now they're still too sober for it, no matter how glad Shinpachi is that Saitou gives in a little for once. He knows the other's ought to need it too. He and Souji always seemed pretty close in their own sort of way, after all.

Avoiding that heavier topic though, Shinpachi instead snorts after swallowing down a gulp of the liquid. ]

If someone didn't know any better, they might think it's some kinda festival performance! You're the type who's stronger than you look, after all. [ Shinpachi could know, okay, he's had his ass kicked in spars and fights with Saitou before.. not that he knows the full extent of it now the other is a rasetsu - since that fact is still unknown to him. ]