[Minato's glad that Athena isn't making this more uncomfortable than it already is, but he only shakes his head half-heartedly when she looks back at him.]

I knew he loved me just a while after we danced at the ballroom. He said he felt strongly about me then, but he understood if I didn't feel the same way... [His heart's sound is faint, but there's no mistaking the sentiment it's expressing from Minato's lop-sided smile.] I should have turned Yu-san down then, so that this wouldn't have happened.