[Instead of going into his hair, interestingly, Akira's hand goes to his other wrist, where he starts pulling on the sleeve of his sweater.]

I— yeah. [He nearly said it again.] I've been getting better. Mostly just hanging out with Yusuke the past couple of days.

[Why is he still feeling so weird about all of this? And why does Minato seem so altogether unaffected?]

It's getting better.