Take... advantage...? [ Wait. Waitwaitwait! Wait a minute! Was this guy seriously trying to claim that he went and did whatever it was that people did when they say "take advantage of"?! He had an idea of what that might entail, but how was that supposed to work when they were both guys? ] H-hang on! There's no way that I-- that we-- I know I wouldn't be able to forget if that had happened! You've got to be mistaking me for another person!

[ The color rushes back to his face as a fear different from before takes over, and the touch sends goosebumps down his arm. He mimic's Kaoru's motion to keep some distance between them without pushing the other away. This just isn't going to end well, is it. ]