[Be friends with someone like Minato is enough to garner many private messages sooner or later.

There's a distinct relieved sigh on Keiichi's end when he hears that Koromaru is fine.]

Thank God. I... I was worried that he would have also been sent back...

[He found him wandering around the very same day Minato vanished, huh?]

I guess he was the first one to realize it after all. Animals really have a sixth sense for those things, don't they.

[It's a comment mostly to himself, because besides all the pain he already has, Keiichi is stupid enough to blame himself. As if he could have done anything to avoid this. As if he could have realized it any earlier than he did and send the message, despite knowing that the moment he saw the empty room he could do nothing but crumble right there.

Akihiko's voice distracts him from his thoughts and he smiles a bit. He's not sure if Koromaru would appreciate it or not, but he sure as hell would.]

Yeah! I would like it! I mean, if it's not much of a bother. You could come with him for dinner or something. Eh, my fiancée and me aren't as good cooks as he was but he taught us several things and we wouldn't mind the company, plus seeing Koromaru again will be... Good.

I tend to like to have dinner every night.

[It's a silly joke, so silly and lame that it's not funny even for someone with a horrible humour sense. It's also pretty forced out, as if he's trying hard to remain casual and raise his own mood.]

Whenever is fine with you, actually. I don't want to-

['Be a bother' probably wouldn't fit here, he's the one making the invitation after all, but he still feels like saying it, as if him wanting to see Koromaru again and meet Akihiko is an annoyance for them both.]

-impose a date on you. Just give us a call for whenever you want and we will get everything ready. Oh, and maybe you could tell us what kind of food you like? If there's anything you can't eat or something like that.