That brush of her lips against his hand flusters him as much as it immediately soothes him, and he can't help blushing and grinning bashfully at the tender, intimate gesture in spite of the situation they're still in the middle of. Not that he has long to be distracted with her before Kaoru pounces on them, and he's startled by the THUMP of the esper's duplicate getting smashed into a wall. That at least helps to bring his attention back to their surroundings, and he huffs a breath, glaring toward the floored esper, doing his best to suppress the thought of taking a swing with a length of pipe and ringing that flower pot like a bell.

"Tsch... looks like you guys got a handle on this asshole."