Oh good, at least she was laughing and not upset. Junpei had a tendency to eat foot, this he knew, but he rarely tried to upset people, and even without his incurable mind-mouth disconnect this subject had the potential to be troublesome. He nodded then.
"Minato told me, yeah, and Ryoji mentioned it, too," he said, and then laughed helplessly. "I thought they were pullin' my leg, but... well, here you are."
He was really glad she wasn't upset about this. Junpei never knew what to do when girls were sad. Absently scratching his head through his hat, he shook his head quickly when she corrected herself, waving his other hand.
"It's okay," he said, grinning. "You can just call me Junpei. If that's what you called the other me, that's what you can call me me. Besides," he added, his grin turning a bit sly. "That means we're pretty good pals, right?"
It served to reason, he figured. If she was some sort of Alternate Minato, and Minato was Junpei's best friend, then logically the same pattern applied. He'd never really had any female friends until he'd gotten to know Yukari, and even then he never really knew just what she was thinking... And then there was Chidori, but that had been a different sort of story entirely. He wasn't quite sure what the procedure was for having a female BFF, but he was wiling to try. He'd wished for true friends who understood him, and he was never opposed to having a few more.
"Yeah, I just got here yesterday," he said then, giving an exaggerated sigh and slumping his shoulders almost comically. "Maaaan, I never thought I'd have to be The New Guy again..."
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"Minato told me, yeah, and Ryoji mentioned it, too," he said, and then laughed helplessly. "I thought they were pullin' my leg, but... well, here you are."
He was really glad she wasn't upset about this. Junpei never knew what to do when girls were sad. Absently scratching his head through his hat, he shook his head quickly when she corrected herself, waving his other hand.
"It's okay," he said, grinning. "You can just call me Junpei. If that's what you called the other me, that's what you can call me me. Besides," he added, his grin turning a bit sly. "That means we're pretty good pals, right?"
It served to reason, he figured. If she was some sort of Alternate Minato, and Minato was Junpei's best friend, then logically the same pattern applied. He'd never really had any female friends until he'd gotten to know Yukari, and even then he never really knew just what she was thinking... And then there was Chidori, but that had been a different sort of story entirely. He wasn't quite sure what the procedure was for having a female BFF, but he was wiling to try. He'd wished for true friends who understood him, and he was never opposed to having a few more.
"Yeah, I just got here yesterday," he said then, giving an exaggerated sigh and slumping his shoulders almost comically. "Maaaan, I never thought I'd have to be The New Guy again..."