He flinches at the reminder that he's avoided a person who is afraid of rejection. "Yeah. Sorry about that." He had not given Rasu's feelings any thought with his mind occupied by his own issues. He realizes now that it would have been much easier if they had just talked about it right away, or at least sooner.

He even could have pretended like nothing had happened, right? Even that could have been better? God damn it, it was much easier to go on day by day in Sheol with his job to manage.