They're people I know and am willing to trust to an extent and lean on as needed. Tenten is a fellow shinobi who I would fight to the death to protect, but that doesn't make her my friend. If anything, she despises me, and that's fine.

[He shrugged, studying him closely.]

You're family, and you have my first loyalty though Sasuke. Even if you can't stand me, that doesn't really matter, I'll still be here, because that's important to me, and I've gotten attached to your prickly self.