And he was going to go and do it too. He immediately questioned, mentally, the idea that he should have to make further amends--never mind what that brat wanted.
Yet he was still going to do it.
You can really tell what kind of person wrote this story and for whom he wrote it...or what he wants the reader to internalize. That said, I get a strong feeling that this is the mesugaki route; this pathetic MC isn't depicted doing anywhere near as much with Suzuho as he does with the brat.