...or not. Well, at least he tried to find some sort of out in all of this -sure, he didn't try very hard, but the effort was made. "Ah, I'd forgotten about that. My apologies." He really doesn't know if catching Shinpachi's eye is a good thing or not, to be honest, so the apology encompasses everything from his goof to his friend's attentions.

Still, he raises an eyebrow at the compliment, but ultimately decides to accept. If nothing else, it'll satisfy Hijikata's orders while allowing him to decide whether or not he thinks she can be trusted -screw Hijikata's thoughts, if Sano thinks she can't, then he sure as hell won't care what Hijikata has to say on the matter. "I suppose I could, since it would appear we're both headed in a similar direction. Besides, I'd wanted to pick something up for Chizuru and a woman's input could be useful." Play it cool and ignore the fact that he knows that she knows he was following her.