[shinji is definitely weak, but honestly, who's not weak to puppydog eyes?]

...perhaps a little... but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

[of course, their perception of that was probably heavily colored by the fact that they had already tried and failed to catch manju without them, but haru doesn't want to admit that... he might never leave them alone with the puppy again.

her gaze wanders to the door, and she can't help but chuckle a little.]

Ryuji-kun and I can help work on it. You only kicked it down because of the commotion we were making, right...?