If he could free his other hand it would be rapidly joining the first. And you're okay with that, Ibuki? Seriously?. Not that her acceptance wasn't nice, it was just the sudden U-turn that made Kaoru want to plunge his head into his hands. Good for Alucard, though, that Ibuki happens to be pretty damn accepting. He himself found it rather more than a little weird in the beginning.

"Hitachiin Kaoru." Hitching up his best Host Club smile in an effort to cover his previously mildly-freaked-out expression. "I'm roommates with Alu-cha- - I mean Alucard." God. Ibuki, your cutesy-ness is infectious. Forgive him the slip, Alu-chan.