"Your friends don't seem the type to think so lowly of you. They've always been there to support you."
Admittedly, Kaiba wasn't there for all of Yuugi's life, because he had his own, highly complicated life to deal with. But with all of the grandstanding about friendship, he was struggling to understand the problem here.
"You have no reason to be afraid of looking weak anyway, Yuugi. Nothing rides on it, and even if it did, you're the King of Games. You don't need to work to succeed, you're already there."
...Is there a shade of passive aggression in his tone? Well, he is who he is, and while he's not jealous of Yuugi, he finds the very idea that Yuugi would worry about being seen as "helpless" rather irritating.
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Admittedly, Kaiba wasn't there for all of Yuugi's life, because he had his own, highly complicated life to deal with. But with all of the grandstanding about friendship, he was struggling to understand the problem here.
"You have no reason to be afraid of looking weak anyway, Yuugi. Nothing rides on it, and even if it did, you're the King of Games. You don't need to work to succeed, you're already there."
...Is there a shade of passive aggression in his tone? Well, he is who he is, and while he's not jealous of Yuugi, he finds the very idea that Yuugi would worry about being seen as "helpless" rather irritating.
Not for any particular reason, of course.
Not at all.