Because that's gone so well, until now.

[There isn't an overt amount of malice in his tone, but the words are harsh enough on their own. He glances over his shoulder with a bland expression, not quite looking at Akira so much as just angling himself toward the kitchen.] Don't decide I'm saving you when I'm clearly not. It's no better than Maruki forcing my hand to be a longtime friend of yours whose biggest point of stress is college entrance exams.