[There's something about that laugh that makes him wonder, for a moment, whether he tread on something delicate by accident. It was Ai's usual laugh, of course, but it felt... different somehow. Perhaps it was his age (and with it the inability to yet fully grasp the larger, darker nature of this life), but the notion of the Hoshino twins being put into danger just to be with her hadn't even crossed his mind. Of course, that was how he had Awakened, and countless others before him, but... somehow that didn't even occur to him that would be the same for Ai's children too, should they ever become Dreamers.

So, very much ignorant to the turmoil in his Senpai's heart, he straightens back up, removing his head from her shoulder as he does so (and probably leaving some remnant glitter there too, that lil shit)]

Oof, yep, that's true. Ruby would probably manifest a whooooole lot of Torments in grudges alone if she got left out. And I don't even want to think about Aqua...

[That boy could be super intense sometimes!! And no doubt any creatures his bad feelings would spawn over here would be nasty. Hanako cackles a little at her plan to win Aqua over, however, knowing full well it would work like a charm.]

You could even tempt him with a personal duet! Ah... not that he seems like he's all that into the dancing stuff, but he'd definitely make an exception for you, at least.

[He slips his hands into his pockets, idly toeing at the sparkling dust on the ground (what did these manifest from, anyway? A fear of microplastics?), moving for the sake of moving... until he pipes up, tone deceptively innocent:]

Hmm... Senpai, the stuff Torments leave behind... it's not really toxic is it?

[... Hanako. Hanako, what are you planning--]