You won't know until you talk to him and all you'll do is wonder and stay here, beating yourself up over it. If you aren't happy with what happened, talk to him about it.

[He feels like maybe this is too bold to say as someone who doesn't know anything about it, but he thinks if the roles were reversed then this is what Hijikata would tell him. That's what makes him say all these things. All he thinks is 'what would Hijikata say?' and he hopes he doesn't piss him off.]