Obviously they get in the way of him protecting the Tenth! It's like they're trying to make his life difficult with the way they swarm! Confessions outside of the classroom are even more uncomfortable, and he remembers always turning them down. There's just no one he respects more than the Tenth, and he does not have enough time to begin to focus on girls. If getting a relationship were to ever come up, he'd just want to work on getting his boss Sasagawa-chan's attention. She seems nice and comfortable with the idea of her brother in the mafia, and it's not like she could avoid being in the mafia.

Gokudera hears Yamamoto get up and move, but doesn't pay too much attention. He's comfortable and well armed, and completely capable of taking care of himself. Except that as he's dozing, some alien child comes up and starts to bury his legs in the sand. Maybe he noticed and was too tickled with the strange company, or maybe Gokudera is actually asleep. If the little bit of drool at the corner of his mouth means anything, it's a safe assumption that Gokudera is completely oblivious. That sand is piled on and shaped like a fish tail, and the kid pats it on before they run off to collect some shells or rocks, or whatever else would make this human look silly.

His legs feel heavy. Did someone put a blanket on him? How nice...