[She taught him the importance of suffixes, he learned from watching Kiku which one to use on her. Mostly because Japan outright explained that one meant cute in a good way.]

No... it's fine. I suppose I over-reacted. Just thinking about an old discussion I've had with Kiku about nakama and lines blurring.

[THAT and he deadpan jokes too much and sometimes it bites him in the ass. He's hiding his moe-blush by glancing away. Obviously this fools everyone.]