No, Ino, it's okay, that's not really... [ he half-smiles at her, strangely sheepish and definitely still vaguely nervous, even as he twists his hand to grip ino's. ] Don't worry: I definitely don't care about his opinion on me- or us.

[ tadashi shrugs, suddenly not sure he's on stable footing himself. he knows what he wants to say, but he doesn't know if he can word it the right way. ]

I guess I just wanted to say, uh. If we weren't here, if things were a little more - certain. I probably would've brought it up by now. That's all.