[Mrrr. He nuzzles Gold a little, humming softly. It really was a stupid worry, and he knows Akira will think so too, but he's not going to give up until Goro says something, is he...]

A dog isn't a very flattering mental image to have of someone waiting for you, you know.

[But that doesn't really answer the question. He hesitates a moment more, then sighs.]

I just... Well, at the time I knew you didn't necessarily mind my feelings towards you, and while I had... different reasons for not believing you returned them, I often thought that they might be annoying or just humored. As in you not taking them seriously.

[Sort of in the way that a teacher might humor a kindergartner's precocious crush on her? That way.]

Stupid and silly. Not worth mentioning, as I said, and nothing I'm worried about now. I really should've just asked you out when you called out my crush and saved myself months of trouble.