Joking or not, Kuzuryuu honestly didn't care. This situation was hideously embarrassing any way you could look at it and he wanted out. "S-sure, whatever," he answered, though it wasn't clear whether or not he was acknowledging Hershel's insistence that it was a joke or Simon's insistence that they would totally wait.

"Just... don't even think about doing anything like this again. Have a little shame," he continued. And with that he walked the hell away from there, as quickly as possible.