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."
Shiho holds onto him tighter in response, burying herself against him while her other hand reaches out to take Kaoru's, squeezing tight. Kaoru gives first Shiho then Tetsuo a grin, ever-so-slightly watery over the fact that Shiho has been retrieved safe and sound.
And that's all the warning they get before Aoi is tackling the three of them in order to pull Shiho into a hug as well.
Kagari walks up now that the last of the clones has disappeared, "Yeah, we'll hand them over to the authorities after this."
The way she shelters against him is as heartwarming as ever, drawing Tetsuo's attention away from their downed enemy once more--just in time to get nearly toppled over by Aoi leaping into the huddle as well.
"Geh?! E-.. aheheh..."
Despite the urge to be greedy with Shiho and keep holding her tightly to him, he reluctantly loosens his hold enough for her friends to get their hugs in without him getting in the way. That reminder of how many people she has watching her back and protecting her who obviously care deeply for her is reassuring, as well, especially since they definitely have the means to back it up when needed. One arm stays loosely curled around her, though, unless she pulls away from him, the other hand raised to ruffle his hair as he glances over to Kagari.
"Eh..? ...yeah, guess that's th'way, ain't it..."
He doesn't exactly adore the idea of having to trust in the authorities to handle this sort of thing, especially when he's pretty sure some "authorities" are tangled up with the badguys, but he doesn't really have a better idea of what Shiho and her friends could do. Running their own esper prison or whatever else would probably be a huge mess and terrible in ways he hasn't really thought through.
"...is, uh... ev'rybody else a'right?"
He takes a second to sit up a little more and look around. Now that Shiho's safe, he can remember that, oh yeah, other people exist and may have been in danger or something.
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"Tsch... looks like you guys got a handle on this asshole."
Sorry for the lateness!! <3333
And that's all the warning they get before Aoi is tackling the three of them in order to pull Shiho into a hug as well.
Kagari walks up now that the last of the clones has disappeared, "Yeah, we'll hand them over to the authorities after this."
no worries at all ever <3
"Geh?! E-.. aheheh..."
Despite the urge to be greedy with Shiho and keep holding her tightly to him, he reluctantly loosens his hold enough for her friends to get their hugs in without him getting in the way. That reminder of how many people she has watching her back and protecting her who obviously care deeply for her is reassuring, as well, especially since they definitely have the means to back it up when needed. One arm stays loosely curled around her, though, unless she pulls away from him, the other hand raised to ruffle his hair as he glances over to Kagari.
"Eh..? ...yeah, guess that's th'way, ain't it..."
He doesn't exactly adore the idea of having to trust in the authorities to handle this sort of thing, especially when he's pretty sure some "authorities" are tangled up with the badguys, but he doesn't really have a better idea of what Shiho and her friends could do. Running their own esper prison or whatever else would probably be a huge mess and terrible in ways he hasn't really thought through.
"...is, uh... ev'rybody else a'right?"
He takes a second to sit up a little more and look around. Now that Shiho's safe, he can remember that, oh yeah, other people exist and may have been in danger or something.