Hey-! That was... different. [He trailed off, trying to defend himself, but he then realized that yeah, maybe she was right. He just frowned and shrugged.]

Fine, we'll just be careful, yeah? It'll be fine. Prolly.

[He hoped that it would be fine, he desperately wanted that more than anything. Though, he watched her when she lifted the can away from his face, he seemed to soften when she pressed her lips against his jaw and he felt the slight sting from the pain but he didn't seem to flinch.

Ryuji had his jaw clenched from just how on edge he was about all of this, and surely she would be able to just feel how tense he was. Even so, feeling her touch and her affections had his shoulders slumping as he tried his best to calm down.]

...Same, yeah. Got real pissed about it 'n I wanted to head back to that effin' city, just 'cause I couldn't be here and leave you alone there, no way. They didn't like me bein' all loud and violent, I guess, so I got tied up and sedated for a bit.

[He paused before he leaned back a bit so he could look at her right in the eyes, his expression now a small smile, that typical lopsided grin.]

Don't gotta worry 'bout that shit now though, we're here, together. Maybe they knew we would pretty much tear 'em all apart to get back together so they thought like, "nah they gotta be with each other!" ...You know?