[It's not exactly unexpected, because who else would call him Toshi? Not many people, that's for certain. But after the last time he'd seen his own Kondou - arguing with him, pleading with him, still utterly failing to convince him to escape, that sad smile Kondou had given him...
Let it go, Toshi. Let me go.
Just hearing anyone else claim the name is enough to bring a lump to his throat, even if he's already been here long enough and seen enough to know that it's completely possible and likely that she's speaking the truth. She's not his Kondou.
(Definitely not his Kondou, from that cleavage.)
But she reminds Hijikata of his Kondou in enough little ways that it's disorienting and painful and it takes all his self-control to keep a straight face and just answer the question.]
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Let it go, Toshi. Let me go.
Just hearing anyone else claim the name is enough to bring a lump to his throat, even if he's already been here long enough and seen enough to know that it's completely possible and likely that she's speaking the truth. She's not his Kondou.
(Definitely not his Kondou, from that cleavage.)
But she reminds Hijikata of his Kondou in enough little ways that it's disorienting and painful and it takes all his self-control to keep a straight face and just answer the question.]
...Hijikata Toshizou.