( they will be? it's not like i don't have more plans out here.

anyway, amami pinches at one of their soft mochi cheeks. )

You don't have to be okay all at once. I don't think that was the kind of thing you can really expect to sleep off, and it's no good to keep things bottled up.

( he, of all people, would know. softening, he lets go. )

But remember that, okay? Akehoshi-kun and I, and Komaeda-kun too, we'll be here for you.