[WHAT TO SAY ABOUT NAGITO KOMAEDA. Well for one, NPC Shin was likely starving enough for some kind of companionship while also deep in the shy and low self-worth zone, which is a dangerous combination of things to be around a Komaeda. Was their friendship deep? It might have been on the level of Shin bringing him things from the vending machine, commiserating about the school being too cold, and Shin mentally smoothing over any more concerning aspects in interactions. Also Komaeda both borrowing and losing his beanie, which is probably why he's wearing a red one now. This is friendship, right?
Not-NPC Shin picks up a PDA just lying on the floor, has an 'oh, it's him!' moment on seeing who it belongs to, and then an audible mental record scratch where he fast-forwards through all of this in his mind's eye. The results... augh, no, he does not like them. Not with three years of hindsight spent poring over every single memory of the year before. He's strongly tempted to just turn around and spend some time processing this.
The moment the actual word 'sigh' is said is the moment Shin knows the jig is up. In a way that too is familiar; the way someone will ask for things without actually saying. Saying things in general without saying, and having to play catchup and hurriedly re-examine memories when that's apparently not the case at all. The sneaking sense there's some kind of joke you're not getting, and it might be on you, except it can't be.
Shin mentally turtles up just by reflex. Forget 'what's the matter', he's skipping to the important part, walking up with PDA in hand and a carefully disinterested expression.]
You should be more careful with your things, Komaeda. What if this got stepped on?
[It's not too far off from what he'd have said in sentence structure. He's still not sure how much he should be adhering to his school life.]
oh boy oh man uhhh *spins wheel* tw for past abuse? gaslighting? lemme know if this fits
Not-NPC Shin picks up a PDA just lying on the floor, has an 'oh, it's him!' moment on seeing who it belongs to, and then an audible mental record scratch where he fast-forwards through all of this in his mind's eye. The results... augh, no, he does not like them. Not with three years of hindsight spent poring over every single memory of the year before. He's strongly tempted to just turn around and spend some time processing this.
The moment the actual word 'sigh' is said is the moment Shin knows the jig is up. In a way that too is familiar; the way someone will ask for things without actually saying. Saying things in general without saying, and having to play catchup and hurriedly re-examine memories when that's apparently not the case at all. The sneaking sense there's some kind of joke you're not getting, and it might be on you, except it can't be.
Shin mentally turtles up just by reflex. Forget 'what's the matter', he's skipping to the important part, walking up with PDA in hand and a carefully disinterested expression.]
You should be more careful with your things, Komaeda. What if this got stepped on?
[It's not too far off from what he'd have said in sentence structure. He's still not sure how much he should be adhering to his school life.]