[Shinjiro makes a soft surprised noise in the back of his throat at the apology. He hadn't been expecting it, honestly--he could recognize where he'd done the emotional equivalent of making Will put his hand on a hot stove, and he was okay with letting the matter go at the instinctive recoil. He's asked a lot of Will over the months already, unintentional as it might have been.]

Don't worry 'bout it.

[He knew there wasn't going to be a good time to have that conversation during the mission, and he forged ahead anyway out of fear of losing his grip on the words and feelings that led him to want to have it.

And really -- doesn't he owe Will an apology of his own?]

.....M'sorry too. You were dealin' with the same thing all this time, and I've been all stuck in my own head.