[A grunt.

But he does finally turn around to face Yuugi, even walking over to the table to stand across from him.]

... I don't blame you. You were... just being honest with how you felt. I...

[He swallows, trying to keep himself calm, his hands clutching the back of the chair tightly. This is difficult to say what he was thinking. (But far easier without Ishizu around.)]

... I got swept up in things too. You deserve your first time to be special and I was going to... make it not that. I... I'm sorry.