"He's guilty as charged," he said, with a faint tinge of pink over his cheekbones. Somehow Shiro never failed to get a little flustered at the subject of his love life. "He wanted to do something like a normal couple. I... really can't deny him that."

As much as he dreaded being here, anyway.

Blue made a face. Pointing to his eyes, then to Azuma. As if, somehow, the other pokemon has offended his sensibilities. Shiro elbows him (gently).

"I'm all right. How are you doing, though? We haven't seen each other in a while."