[it helps a little when the space they're in with women isn't quite so enclosed - and so he relaxes a fraction as they wander out to the hotel lobby. his hands remain in doppo's because he can't think of anywhere else he'd rather they be, and he takes a breath in and out just for steadiness.

and as he focuses in on doppo and no one else, he regains some of his usual peppiness, like flicking a switch to a light]

Something we can't get back home, obviously!! [he squeezes doppo's hands excitedly] A luau? Do you think they'd have one of those whole pigs out?! Doppo, maybe we can learn how to hula...!

[though - ]

Oh, but I'd want to take Sensei to that...

[do jakurai's hips lie? further investigation required]