"A meal out with a couple of guys I barely tolerate. Not exactly what I call intrepid." If this was bait, Suzaku wasn't biting. There were plenty of things out there that held much more appeal to him, and he'd seen enough of the world in his mind. Wasting time was always wasting time.

"It's obviously mutual, so why bother?" Not that Suzaku didn't respect Riku more than the average person, for whatever small childhood fun they had, but this other guy was just annoying. And obviously trying to be just that.