... is it possible for me to not answer that question and yet somehow still keep my dignity?
[ Because in the end, he'd managed to lose to Kaoru several times, and it had taken a considerable amount of practice on his end for him to become somewhat competent at the game. How embarrassing. Even then, he was fairly sure that he wouldn't be able to hold out against Hijikata's own skills. That was always the case between them, but he didn't begrudge him that. ]
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[ Because in the end, he'd managed to lose to Kaoru several times, and it had taken a considerable amount of practice on his end for him to become somewhat competent at the game. How embarrassing. Even then, he was fairly sure that he wouldn't be able to hold out against Hijikata's own skills. That was always the case between them, but he didn't begrudge him that. ]