Kichin felt a little bad when he saw Luna's upset reaction upon hearing him accuse the whole thing as a joke. Even if she was just acting, the idea of upsetting someone else, especially a girl, made him feel crummy. She, she<i>was</i>just acting, wasn't she? Without thinking, he put his hand on her shoulder in an a attempt to comfort her. Then he listened as Mai and Ritsuka made claim of seeing him masturbating, his face growing very red in embarrassment. "W-What?!" He said. "W-Well, I mean... I<i>am</i>a male. A, a healthy young male... With, without a girlfriend." He lowered his gaze as he said that last part, even more embarrassed then before. "S-So anyone could make the assumption that I, well, you know."<br/><br/>But Ritsuka went on, accurately explaining how he got up in the morning and prepared for bed. "Wait, how, how did you know that?" He said, genuinely confused. Kichin lived alone. There was no one else around who could witness him do those things!<br/><br/>No one except...<br/><br/>He quickly turned back to Luna, placing both of his hands upon her shoulders. "Hey." He said, the tone in his voice suddenly becoming very serious. "You said you were Luna, my Jaunty Dropwing. Tell me, what book was I reading when that car crash occurred in front of my house a week ago?"<br/><br/>Then he looked at Mai. "And you. You're Mai, my pet tiger beetle. What was the last thing I fed you before you passed away?"<br/><br/>No one but these two could answer these questions. If they really were his dear pets like they claimed to be that is.