I'm not here to be a bodyguard? Just a friend.

[ but, he supposes, it makes sense for her to be angry at him right now. she might be angry at everything, but he is the one who brought up that item again. if he hadn't, then maybe things would never have unfolded the way they did.

...so he'll offer another excuse. ]

Besides. Even if you tell me to leave, I've been hanging around here a lot more recently. Io-san's been teaching me stuff.