Ayumu had experienced more than enough strangeness herself, the week before, and it had distracted her enough that she hadn't paid enough attention to what Okita was up to, though she'd guessed there was something going on. Confirmation was always nice, however, as was finding out just who he had been with during the experiment. She returns Okita's smile with a small one of her own; he doesn't want to worry her, but she'll still worry nonetheless, if only because her task is to watch over those of the Shinsengumi still present.

To Homura she gives only a small shrug, absently crossing her arms over the tray held against her chest. "I doubt you would have known them, Homura-san," she replies, with nothing but polite friendliness visible in her expression.