Yeah. [a pause.] Besides my partner, he's probably my best friend.

[he hasn't outright said that to anybody else, but context can happen, briefly.]

...I appreciate the offer, Otome-san. [but?] There isn't much to talk about. Yamato's going to be mad, we're not going to talk for a while, one of us will apologize and then we'll focus on what we have to do.