[ Girlfriend is good for boosting egos. ]

He made it out alive. He got pretty hurt, but he's recovering. I still want to make sure he has a place to go, but when I told him Kaoru had offered your place to me, he told me to go ahead and take it.

[ She made a face. ]

And then he teased me a lot about "getting to know a certain cafe owner on a personal level." He's such a brat.