[ stop this is unfair, not only is he Nagasone aka Kondou-san's sword, but he's a cat too... and while Souji might have thought the tiger ears and tail extremely lame and worth bullying over, now he finds it endearing??? cats are cute (when he's not trying to stab them while dying from tb sweats).

He shifts a little on his feet, gaze breaking away from Nagasone in embarrassment at having been Extremely Rude, because even if the tsukumogami reassures him like that he was still rude!!! but ah, Kondou always forgave his stupid shit the same way too, mmmm.

then his gaze darts back at at the sound of his name. hurriedly, ]

That isn't your fault.

[ even if it might hurt just the tiniest bit at not being recognized straight away. but thankfully, Souji already understands that he's not the only Souji Okita out there, even if he's having trouble differentiating Nagasone from the Kondou he knows. plus, he didn't even recognize Nagasone so ]

I'm probably different from the Okita Souji you know, anyway. So there's no need for Kondou-san's sword to apologize to me, especially since I was rude to you.

[ so like souji is actually aware of how rude he is??? cool ]

I'm the one who should have recognized you right away.