[--really, she'd do well to learn that observation was his own small superpower, Byakugan or not. So it's taking an effort from him to keep from issuing a half-hearted apology in turn. He shifts his weight to one leg. He'd hate to think of the girl as fragile if he still felt like their knowledge of each other was shallow at its best moments. He swears it hadn't been his intention to shut her down, but it wasn't like he could go around entirely at ease. This was still enemy territory, though the enemy was a mystery. Didn't that just make things worse? He was doing his part in attempting to bridge their conflicts already.

Like, for example, when he didn't bristle and only looked expectantly back at Yuri at her first suggestion. Hadn't he already said he had no interest in playing...?

And Lee would have to forgive him, but it seemed being entirely amiable around her was going to be a more-than-difficult task.] No, Yuri-san. [And truly, he wasn't one to bother with honorifics save for the precious few that were his duty, but again. It was for Lee's sake.] I'm not here to be played with. And if doing nothing will only put us into another game, then I'd rather not do that either. [He'd fought hard to make his life his own. Whether he had succeeded was up in the air.

But like hell he'd slump his shoulders and call it a lost cause if he was being given the opportunity to fight the Inevitable again.] I'm going to find a way out of here. A real way out. Follow me if you want. I can tell you don't want to be here any more than I do.

[someone tell this jackass he'd taking a dating sim way too seriously jfc]