Chikusa almost wants to protest, something which is perhaps hinted at by the way he reaches up to adjust his glasses by their middle section. It's not that he feels bad... Partially because he hasn't allowed himself to feel bad. It's only Axel that gets a "-sama", it's Axel he'll wait for every day even when it hurts.... If he keeps thinking in that manner, then he should be fine, shouldn't he?

It's the kind of thinking that he's been desperately trying to hold onto for a while, now.

But then Ken goes and says something like that, and the words Chikusa had wanted to say are dropped to the side in favor of him staring blankly at his partner. "Do you think it's that simple...?"