I told you, I won't stop treating you like a friend. That's how I treat my best friends, you know? [He looks up, forcing a smile.] Because you're all so important to me. I won't take that away.

[But that's all it was. Friendship. Yuya was so careful to distance his feelings, to not let them color the way he treated Gon because he never wanted to scare him away. Never wanted to get rejected.

He's not sure how to feel about the fact that it might be something more strictly romantic to Gongenzaka.]