"Enomoto-san, it's not fair. You're really cute." :c
There will be no plight for him, so rest! No, he is every burning, ever confident! Nothing can topple this down, he is steel, lightening and thunder, and his roar, the vibration of his every last step, undeniable!
Invincible! That is how the Dragon of Shinjuku must remain!
And he, he has psyched himself up forthright, to allow others a moment of rest, he’s pumped!
“Just you wait and worry not, for Mineo Enomoto is on the case!”
He’ll falter not on the simplest of matters, never mind the fact that there’s still a lot of work to be done on the other end. He can be a hero, this he knows, feels like, and to the brim it shows, fire dancing in his eyes, the spirit called upon to… to…!
--g-g-get complimented by... a girl... a...
“H-Hoshino..!”
Steady! Steady yourself, Mineo! You are so much more than a puddle of foolish sputters, you are sjust as strong as your predecessors, who most certainly (probably) would not crack into a thousand pieces (maybe) at the instance of a compliment of someone so cool, so...
He places his hand to his forehead. Perhaps it’s really audible, what he’s trying so desperately to convince himself of: “It’s just Hoshino, it’s just Hoshino, it’s just--” And these are accompanied by faces, twisted, forced laughter, why how could he, a warrior among warriors, be felled by a newbie? What has the world come to?
And she called him... cute? What about manly, cool, handsome?
Yeah, his thoughts are racing. If he had any chance of recovering, he’s ruined it himself. Good job, Mineo. This really calls for a tactical retreat. The greats know when they’re beat, and he’s pretty much died trying to fight back anyway, so with his (theoretical) last breath, he splits in the situation.
By... dashing into the other room, but those details aren’t needed. They don’t make him seem cool enough, so surely the history books could omit that, right? ...Right?
Leaving a likely at least confused Hoshino behind, hearing what may or may not be the voice of Yanagi telling him not to run in the house (even if Yanagi isn’t actually there), Mineo takes a deep breath.
“A-Ahhaha, cute? Me? That’s... I’m not... Y-Yeah!! There’s no way! It’s nothing much, but you’re--”
Don’t say that! Stop! Stop!
He’s got this, he’s got this. He just needs time to recover. It’s not like he’s dealt with someone like Hoshino recently, he’s been surrounded by Yanagi, seaweed, teasers, and his own thoughts, so of course he would need an adjustment period.
Just keep telling yourself that Mineo. It’ll be fine. You need to let someone like her, who you definitely can’t trust yet, get under your skin? What if this is a part of her plot? Trying to win you over... tch, how devious! That’s convincing enough. Probably.
Anyway! You’re still invincible! This isn’t your Achilles Heel!
Mineo Enomoto is impenetrable, invulnerable, ever powerful, history’s finest, modern-aged badass! ...Who’s most certain just a little, teeny bit flustered.
Hoshino probably thinks that’s cute too, but he really, really doesn’t need to know that.