Chuuya should have known better than to hesitate when it comes to his orders for Akutagawa. He should be careful about giving him orders at all, aside from when it's necessary. He feels cruel now, when he'd only wanted him to have a chance to make friends. Unfortunately, they really are going to need friends.

He reaches out to touch Akutagawa's arm, lightly, just to catch his attention. "Don't apologize. Did I say you did anything wrong?" He very definitely didn't. But reassuring Akutagawa in any way is most likely going to keep backfiring. "Why would we waste our time with uninteresting people?"