[ Oh, so Ryuji can dish it out, but he can't take it in return? Not if Ren has anything to say about it. He lowers the ears slightly so that attention will be drawn solely to his really? expression, eyebrows quirked behind his curly hair. ]

How many dinners have I bought you over the years? If that's what we're going by, we should've been married before we finished high school.

[ Enjoy that hole you're digging yourself into, Ryuji. Ren sure is.

He approaches with slow, casual steps, as if trying to avoid spooking a flighty animal. The headband remains in his hands, held loosely in front. ]

Look, you've even got the blushing part of "blushing bride" down...

[ He really is having too much fun with this. ]