[ no acknowledging! but he does let his hand drift to lightly pull at some of akira's hair as a punishment. ]

You'd torture an injured man just to get an answer? So cruel, Akira~ [ but he stops pulling and flattens the bits of hair again with a few pets before dropping his hand back to its original position. ] To go back to earlier, I actually didn't do this on purpose. Hikaru and I had already designed and mostly finished our outfits by the time you asked for help. But I also knew you'd look good in black and gold. [ a glance up at his face again. ] And, as usual, we were right.