Fine fine, you had those feelings for me. In the past.

[A snort, paying close attention to everything that's being said, arching an eyebrow and thinking back on their Kitagawa Daiichi days where Tooru was certainly at his worst. Absorbed into doing everything on his own until having it pointed out to him that he can't.

So he decides to change his tone to one less antagonistic, and more or less friendly. Polite even.]

You know, the way you just said that doesn't make it sound like you've given up on them.

[His hands shoot up in more of a surrender with a shake of his head and a huff.]

And before you start yelling at me again, I'm not trying to get into your head right now.

[He has his own moments of not being an asshole, surprisingly.]