[IT'S JUST HIS LOT IN LIFE being second... place.......

But he'll laugh politely behind one hand, raising the other to wave in gentle dismissal.]

There's no need for that, though I do appreciate the offer. After all, even if you spoke with her, it would only make her more agitated. Isn't that so?

[Not that... Kaoru would mind it...... But Kimigiku is such a nonentity in his mind that her negative emotions aren't really worth a whole lot to him. No point!!]