[ Majima has his own shit going on. Between the three of them, there's an impressively tangled and interwoven web of romantic and sexual entanglement. Izō doesn't say as much, though; he's already opened himself up enough, Ryouma doesn't need to know more.

Ryouma especially doesn't need to know about what he's got going on with Nishitani. ]

He ain't gonna ask. He don't ask 'bout anythin' I got goin' on 'cause it ain't his business. He'll listen if I wanna tell him...an' I wanna tell him. [ A deep breath. He shouldn't say anything else, he should just walk his drunk ass home. ] 'Cause yer important to me.