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The idea that the entire Neighbors Club 'thing' (or a large part of it) might come crashing down if someone said "Hey, we're friends already!" is not totally unreasonable, since Sena and Yozora would almost certainly deny that they are friends in the most vehement manner possible. Both of them are very prone to escalation and reluctant to back down from something that they have said (and they have both repeatedly said that they hate each other's guts), so putting them on the spot like that really could do some damage to their already fragile relationship.
Another issue is that Yozora still subscribes to the 'You only need one good friend' philosophy, or at least she tells herself that she does. Any time anyone steals a march on her when it comes to Kodaka's friendship she either gets aggressive or starts to lose hope. Sena's confession (and any acknowledgement of it by Kodaka) could do bad things to her state of mind, and while she has shown signs of progress toward accepting other people as friends it might not be enough to bind her to the club if she thinks she's 'lost' Kodaka to Sena or anyone else.
Additionally, Sena just confessed to Kodaka in front of Yozora. Even if he wanted to turn her down, how is he supposed to do that without giving Yozora ammunition for more abuse? Sena may be resilient, but there are probably still limits to how much she will put up with - and the 'take her somewhere else to let her down easy' option was off the table because Kodaka just can't think that fast in social situations; his internal monologue says as much in this scene in the LN. It's still an option for later, but it wasn't something that Kodaka could do right then and there.
As such, while i doubt Rika or Yukimura's stakes in the Neighbor's club are threatened too much by Sena's confession, Sena and Yozora's definitely are, so i would disagree with folks who contend that Kodaka's flight was totally selfish or misguided. Suddenly being put on the spot like that was just more than he can handle with his limited social skills, so he ran away to buy time rather than say or do anything that can't be taken back (even though some would argue that running away is also something that can't be taken back.)
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