[ The anger and the inability to look at him for long are to be expected and so it is not the sting it could have been, more like the dull throbbing of a bruise being pressed upon. The question that follows is just as expected and even though Yuji tries to dismiss it in the next breath, Yuta only briefly shelves it for the kind concern shown towards his other half. ]

Mm. I put her through a lot, but Rika-chan was okay.

[ She's content so long as he lives, easy to please like that, and she'd been over her tears and heartbreak the moment he made it back to his own body. He almost wishes she'd stay upset with him a little more as would be deserved, but that is not her nature.

As for Yuji's previous question... Yuta briefly drops his gaze again and draws a quiet breath, trying to figure out how to best word the answer, see if there is a way to put it delicately or make it sound better somehow. There isn't, not really. And Yuji deserves the truth after everything. All of it. There's no reason to hide anything anymore. ]

... Because of previous resonance between Sukuna's fingers, Todo-kun was worried that your connection with Sukuna might mean you could unconsciously leak our plans to him. That's why no one told you.

[ A valid concern. Except Yuta had known better and he confesses it without delay, does not think twice about it even if it's an excuse he's been cleaving to recently as well. ]

But I knew the likelihood of that was very small. More than anything, I just didn't want to make you lose your composure before the fight.

[ He'd told Mei Mei as much, but what he hadn't told her: ]

And if I had been in your shoes, I would have wanted to stop me.... [ Because if anyone cares as much about Gojo (as a person) as Yuta does, it's Yuji. ] I'm sorry, I could have convinced them. I was being selfish. Please don't blame the others, it's on me.