He really, really doesn't want to say anything bad about Yuno. She wasn't that bad, and he didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about her. But, well, he had kind of talked himself into a corner here, and Asuka was too smart to downplay it.

"She, um... has some jealousy issues. And where we came from... there was a lot of people trying to hurt us. She just wanted to keep me safe... and she saved my life more times than I can count."