[Oh, that hurts. In a good way, though--at least part of it. Because he remembers. The two of them and their stupid costumes.]

[He glances down at the table and sighs a little.]

I knew I liked him.

[He doesn't like the way these cycles repeat. But he likes Yusuke. He's glad that Yusuke exists, and that someone like Kurama loves him.]

I think it would have ripped his heart out if he hadn't done that. Hadn't saved you. Just based on personal experience.

No one had done anything like that for you before, I bet.