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[adsum]

[ Huh? Oh, uh. They look surprised when Komaeda cups their face but their expression brightens up immediately being told they're loved. H-O-P-E-whatever ]

I love you too!

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No...no! Say you love hope! That's what we're talking about.

( smooshes their face now... smoosh smoosh... hope hope! )

Only hope.

[adsum]

[ Booooooo, they puff their mochi cheeks ]

My heart's big enough! I can love both you and hope!

[commences]

There can only be one, you can only choose one.

( there's only one right answer. )

[adsum]

You... [ ... ] ...r hope?

[ Like how Komaeda is always talking about their hope. "Hope" can be a synonym for "entire being" ]

[commences]

I don't have hope, you can only like hope in general.

( like that's a shocker, but this doesn't count because he won't let it! )

[adsum]

[ stoppp ]

You have to have hope! At least have hope in me!

[commences]

Now now... I don't have to have anything, you never hear about trash having hope. Your hope, however, is a different story.

( YOU STOP!!! )

I know there's hope.

[adsum]

You're convinced because you have hope! Other people say the exact opposite— that I'm hopeless and will never amount to anything. You have to have hope in me so you can prove them wrong.

[commences]

I help hope... that hope you have is what you have to craft, and mold into something with my assistance.

( it sounds hard to express he thinks, especially to someone as needy as npckun — do parents have hope for their children, or do they just know they can do it. he has no doubts. )

As long as you do it, you'll make me proud. Because I know you can!

[adsum]

[ Komaeda's like the stereotypical Asian parent who expects his child to get 100% on everything and anything less than a 97% he's disappointed in them and they don't get dinner, he has no doubts

Some kids buckle under the pressure, but npckun? That sort of thing bolsters their confidence, because of course they can do it, they're awesome, they can do anything they put their mind into, Anego said so and she's always right. ]

I'm going to stir up hope in you. I'll do it for sure.

[commences]

There's no need to do that, it'll be waste on me when I have to nurture others.

( not him the stereotypical asian parent, i just cried to yama about this stoppp!! komaeda would sneak a few candies under the table, have some faith in him!

he's not even realizing that npckun really wants to do this, komaeda just brushes it off... )

Your hope, his hope, their hope... I can't really think about how empty I am when I need to focus on what's important.

[adsum]

You don't have to think about it. I'm going to give you hope, because I've got lots and lots of it!

[ They turn so they can lift and present what they have so far of the birdhouse to Komaeda, pushes it into his hands so he can hold it. Look at that sturdy workmanship and praise them. ]

What's important?

[commences]

( the birdhouse doesn't give him hope, but his laugh is sheepish as he looks over the craftsmanship of it, and how it looks pretty decent for something that's going to go outside.

he ignores what npckun said at first though, just so he can speak about the birdhouse in general now: )

Now you have to paint it.

( yeah. )

[adsum]

What's important?

[ gonna hold the birdhouse over their head like they're about to smash it over Komaeda's if he doesn't give a satisfactory answer ]

1/2

[commences]

...

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( going to crawl under the table next to them to get away because he's not answering that. )

[adsum]

[ they're going to sit on your back, mister, you're not going anywhere ]

[commences]

You're going to ruin the birdhouse if you keep this up...

( he's not happy about this! )

[adsum]

I won't ruin it. I know what I'm doing when it comes to building things; it won't break.

[ Unless it's on purpose. ...but maybe they won't break this one on purpose, not over something stupid like a fit of anger, so they set it to the side on the ground and proceed to koala cling to Komaeda's back.

... ]

[commences]

...

( why isn't he able to escape, well, he knows why, but isn't this silly? they're supposed to paint the birdhouse so that the luzons can find their way home, but they're... slowing down the process.

he lays on the cool floor, his cheek against it and covered in a bit of wood shavings. )

You can't paint like that... didn't you want red?

[adsum]

[ Here we are, back on the ground, npckun sighing and letting their entire weight settle down on Komaeda's back. ]

Should we go for orange or purple? Orange will look red enough during the day, and purple will look red enough at night.

[commences]

( whose fault is that! he can't even escape unless he starts to crawl like a worm, and he does pull to drag them along underneath the table, but he struggles with added weight... )

They're both good choices... purple with orange seashells, then we can have both.

( painting plastic seashells also seems like an activity, now he continues: )

It's important we make them a little bedding inside too, so they don't stray too far away!