[ He gets serious about these things and then Komaeda does just the opposite and it's frustrating every time, evident in his frown and narrowed eyes, the way he looks away from Komaeda when he touches his face. ]

A promise is a promise. We'll be working together, then. [ adjacent together, not together together ] So you aren't allowed to mope anymore when bad things happen. It'll only make the person stronger, isn't that what you always said?

[ Stepping stones, or something. Komaeda's always enthusiastically bringing it up, so he should have no problems with Rokuro making his stupid choices and getting hurt by them. ]