[She realizes in that moment that Hijikata is her elder and is the Vice-Commander of the original Shinsengumi. That means he totally outranks her in every way, even if her version doesn't really have ranks (they're too small for that and mostly it's just 'do what Oryou says to avoid getting shanked') and they're not really the same Shinsengumi, but--
That's the sort of mental hoops Kondou would jump through to justify disobeying orders and she'd probably be yelling at this Hijikata for being disrespectful and complaining.
Thankfully, Kaoru isn't like that. Miracles of miracles. So she freezes and drops her hands to her sides with an uneasy obedience and frowns at him. She allows him to grab her chin and tilt his face because of that, though there's a twitch of irritation from the gesture Thankfully he lets her go fairly quickly though and she rubs at her cheek]
Um... Yeah, I'm pretty sure. [This is Awkward.] Sorry? Uh, I have my father's swords, if that'll help convince you. [She gestures to the swords at her hip.]
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That's the sort of mental hoops Kondou would jump through to justify disobeying orders and she'd probably be yelling at this Hijikata for being disrespectful and complaining.
Thankfully, Kaoru isn't like that. Miracles of miracles. So she freezes and drops her hands to her sides with an uneasy obedience and frowns at him. She allows him to grab her chin and tilt his face because of that, though there's a twitch of irritation from the gesture Thankfully he lets her go fairly quickly though and she rubs at her cheek]
Um... Yeah, I'm pretty sure. [This is Awkward.] Sorry? Uh, I have my father's swords, if that'll help convince you. [She gestures to the swords at her hip.]