[Generally speaking, he doesn't think Ren is being embarrassing at all. He knows the value of a good cry, he knows how strongly emotions can take over every other important process the brain wants to carry out and just leave you sitting at a bus stop practically tearing up over something that happened months ago. Or, immediately after- the result is still pretty much the same. Crying isn't bad. It's not something that has to have some sort of stigma behind it, so he's going to continue down the path of being something Ren can hold onto if he needs it.
Because, of course, Ryuji's responsible for Ren's feelings. If it were someone less important to him, someone that didn't get him as well as Ren did, a confession like this would've been spurned, and Ryuji would feel bad, of course- but sitting around to make sure the other person was okay? Who knows. Maybe he would, but probably he wouldn't. Sometimes people need space. Sometimes people don't want to see Ryuji, and he gets that. He's okay with it, too.
Ren leaning into his shoulder at the initial tug is a weirdly relieving sort of thing. It kind of speaks for itself, for the both of them, just who they are in respect to one another. Ryuji could never be so heartless as to take his feelings and let them fester. Hell, he wanted to go to Akechi the second he told Hajime about what he did. In order to become a good person, you have to accept responsibility for the things you do, and responsibility for the things that maybe you didn't have control over, but it's still yours to keep. He gives his best friend a hug, holding him in place, because... it's what he knows how to do. He can't grandstand a speech to relieve emotional ailments. Can't sit there and lie to Ren to make him feel better. Life is just like this. Shit happens, you take control of what you can take control of, and find someone to help share the things that feel like they're insurmountable by nature. What Ryuji can do, is rub his back and try to tell him that it'll okay. He doesn't actually know if it'll be okay, in reality, but, shit. He has to believe, right?]
It's cool, man. It's just a shirt. Do whatever you want to it.
[Do whatever you need to, in order to pull yourself up a bit, if that's what it takes. Hell, Ryuji wouldn't even care if this went in a different direction and he came out swinging at him. He'd take every punch until Ren's arms became tired and useless.]
Ren... [He does, however, still feel the guilt of not knowing. For being so blind to Ren's feelings. He knows how pitiably bad he is at getting signals or hints toward anything. He just continues to hold an arm around him, rubbing his back and trying to calm him down, even if he thinks he's not really the greatest at this sort of thing.] It's cool, okay? We're gonna be okay. If you need some time... or you just need some space, it's cool. I don't blame you. Ball's in your court. Tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it.
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Because, of course, Ryuji's responsible for Ren's feelings. If it were someone less important to him, someone that didn't get him as well as Ren did, a confession like this would've been spurned, and Ryuji would feel bad, of course- but sitting around to make sure the other person was okay? Who knows. Maybe he would, but probably he wouldn't. Sometimes people need space. Sometimes people don't want to see Ryuji, and he gets that. He's okay with it, too.
Ren leaning into his shoulder at the initial tug is a weirdly relieving sort of thing. It kind of speaks for itself, for the both of them, just who they are in respect to one another. Ryuji could never be so heartless as to take his feelings and let them fester. Hell, he wanted to go to Akechi the second he told Hajime about what he did. In order to become a good person, you have to accept responsibility for the things you do, and responsibility for the things that maybe you didn't have control over, but it's still yours to keep. He gives his best friend a hug, holding him in place, because... it's what he knows how to do. He can't grandstand a speech to relieve emotional ailments. Can't sit there and lie to Ren to make him feel better. Life is just like this. Shit happens, you take control of what you can take control of, and find someone to help share the things that feel like they're insurmountable by nature. What Ryuji can do, is rub his back and try to tell him that it'll okay. He doesn't actually know if it'll be okay, in reality, but, shit. He has to believe, right?]
It's cool, man. It's just a shirt. Do whatever you want to it.
[Do whatever you need to, in order to pull yourself up a bit, if that's what it takes. Hell, Ryuji wouldn't even care if this went in a different direction and he came out swinging at him. He'd take every punch until Ren's arms became tired and useless.]
Ren... [He does, however, still feel the guilt of not knowing. For being so blind to Ren's feelings. He knows how pitiably bad he is at getting signals or hints toward anything. He just continues to hold an arm around him, rubbing his back and trying to calm him down, even if he thinks he's not really the greatest at this sort of thing.] It's cool, okay? We're gonna be okay. If you need some time... or you just need some space, it's cool. I don't blame you. Ball's in your court. Tell me what you want me to do and I'll do it.