Don't be stupid. Everybody wants friends.

[Perhaps to Yusuke's surprise, though, this time Akira lets go mid tug--which may backfire on the (slightly) younger boy in the same way that a "won" game of tug-of-war can send the winners flying backward.]

Or are you just so hung up on this idea of being a lone wolf against the world that you're can't see a hand extended in front of you when it's right there?