[Hinata sighs, a little long-suffering, but it's not enough to knock him off track. If Ouma looks closely enough, he might see that Hinata's cheeks seem to be a little pinker than they were previously, but that's as far is it seems to go.]

It's nothing like that. Saihara and I are close from the memories we both have, and I depend on him a lot... More than I probably should. But considering the kind of friendship we had... something like that would probably be weird for both of us. There's probably other people I would consider first... and I'm sure he has others, too.

[Part of him has to wonder... how much is real, how much is an act? He really can't read Ouma that well yet, so the only thing he can do is take everything with a grain of salt, yet try to respond as best he can.]