( He has friends other than her and Komaeda, but that doesn't mean they're on the same annoying-as-hell level as him; he could never talk about any of this undistilled with Nene, for example, or Hiro; not with Stephanie or Rika or Noah, Clamor or... Definitely not Subaru.
And maybe if she gave back or asked him for literally anything it would be more give-and-take, but she doesn't, so Natsume gives and gives and accepts the fact she reflects his words and thoughts back to him, in much neater words, as payment enough. For now.
He'll pay her back in a way she can recognize without getting mad at him for it one day. That rooftop picnic where she can eat two bites as a courtesy and then throw him off the school. )
...Of course I HAVE. ( He touches his first two marks idly, finally casting his gaze down—but not to his wrist, to hers. He's never looked too closely at the Arisus, for better or for worse. ) I'm clueless and don't remember anything prior to the start of this YEAR, but that doesn't mean I don't THINK.
And maybe I'm scared ( he says quieter, not looking at her ) at the possibilities I've thought OF.
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And maybe if she gave back or asked him for literally anything it would be more give-and-take, but she doesn't, so Natsume gives and gives and accepts the fact she reflects his words and thoughts back to him, in much neater words, as payment enough. For now.
He'll pay her back in a way she can recognize without getting mad at him for it one day. That rooftop picnic where she can eat two bites as a courtesy and then throw him off the school. )
...Of course I HAVE. ( He touches his first two marks idly, finally casting his gaze down—but not to his wrist, to hers. He's never looked too closely at the Arisus, for better or for worse. ) I'm clueless and don't remember anything prior to the start of this YEAR, but that doesn't mean I don't THINK.
And maybe I'm scared ( he says quieter, not looking at her ) at the possibilities I've thought OF.
( Which is weak. He knows it is. )