[ What reasons could there even be? Maybe White said something to him. Maybe he selfishly decided that his life was even above his sister's. He'd said that a number of times here already anyway—that he valued his own life over everyone's else's (for his sister), so maybe he thought that, too, then and—

there's no way. The rubbing is nice though, something to concentrate on that isn't "I'm the worst older brother in the entire world." He laughs, a little better than before, but only because it's in disbelief. ]

You don't have anything to be sorry about, Yosuke.

[ It's not his fault he can't do anything. It's not his fault Black's literally the worst older brother in the entire world. It's... sort of Yosuke's fault that he's being told all this, and Black knows this is way above his pay grade because he's been on the receiving end of this several times now. ]

I'm the one who should be apologizing—I shouldn't have dumped all of... that on you.

[ And really it shouldn't be so surprising that the first thing he does after spilling his guts is immediately backpedal into apology territory. It also shouldn't be surprising that he's going to try... putting some distance between them, considering the same thing's happened every time he's had some close moment with Yosuke. (He really likes the guy, and he really doesn't want to fuck anything up.) ]