[ he shakes his head. ]

I think everyone was just being polite. I went out of my way so that people wouldn't ask me anything about myself. It's how I operated back home too, so it worked out here. I really wasn't lying when I kept telling everyone at the start that Mineo and I weren't close.

[ takeru didn't consider mineo a friend until like, w2? maybe w3?? funny. ]

So I can't really blame people for respecting my wishes.