Why not? [Ritsuka can hazard a guess at the possible reasons why Soubi is so opposed to teaching, but that's all it would be. A guess. It's the truth Ritsuka needs to be able to help Soubi right now; unfortunately, Soubi seems bent on withholding it.
So Ritsuka does the only thing he can think of that has worked to comfort Soubi in the past - he reaches up around Soubi's neck and pulls him down again in an awkward embrace.]
Soubi, tell me. [He's not trying to give an order but a part of him realizes how much it sounds like one. Another part of him is too tired of lies and mystery and inaccessible hurt to care.]