I know you cause me trouble and pain. You've made that clear enough already.
[Or that's how it is now, at least. Thinking of anything else is probably nothing more than a sun-soaked daydream.
And yet, Hinata keeps seeking him out, like a moth that can't stay away from a flame. So maybe it's Hinata's fault after all.]
...What did you thank me for? [He tilts his head, quietly curious, but still not enough to see Komaeda behind him or reveal his expression.] What does that have to do with anything?
[He can't think of a time that Komaeda's thanked him in particular, unless it got mixed into one of those obnoxious rants about hope. But...
Komaeda sounds off in a way that Hinata has only heard once, and very recently in his memories from the islands. What Hinata can't understand is that Komaeda sounds genuine.
But then Hinata's head moves forward again, looking towards the ground. Of course, they must be back to this again. Hinata almost let himself forget.]
For a what? A hopeless idiot like me, or did you have something more creative in mind? [He lets that sit in the air for a second, blade resharpened.] If it's a matter of that... then let me try to overturn your expectations.
My memories are wrong, I'm not as smart as you, and I don't seem to have as much of your distorted "hope" as you want me to have. But... I still have my will to fight and discover the truth. I've never lost that, not since Togami died.
[Finally, Hinata releases his wrist, hands balling into fists. Not ready to dig crescents into his palms, but determined. Slowly, he turns his head to the side so he can see Komaeda, and Komaeda can see him.
It's muted from what Komaeda has seen, not yet awakened. But there's a light in Hinata's eyes.]
So I'll fight for you, too, to uncover your truth, until I can finally understand who Komaeda Nagito is. No matter how long that may take.
only when I get to stab myself with tags
[Or that's how it is now, at least. Thinking of anything else is probably nothing more than a sun-soaked daydream.
And yet, Hinata keeps seeking him out, like a moth that can't stay away from a flame. So maybe it's Hinata's fault after all.]
...What did you thank me for? [He tilts his head, quietly curious, but still not enough to see Komaeda behind him or reveal his expression.] What does that have to do with anything?
[He can't think of a time that Komaeda's thanked him in particular, unless it got mixed into one of those obnoxious rants about hope. But...
Komaeda sounds off in a way that Hinata has only heard once, and very recently in his memories from the islands. What Hinata can't understand is that Komaeda sounds genuine.
But then Hinata's head moves forward again, looking towards the ground. Of course, they must be back to this again. Hinata almost let himself forget.]
For a what? A hopeless idiot like me, or did you have something more creative in mind? [He lets that sit in the air for a second, blade resharpened.] If it's a matter of that... then let me try to overturn your expectations.
My memories are wrong, I'm not as smart as you, and I don't seem to have as much of your distorted "hope" as you want me to have. But... I still have my will to fight and discover the truth. I've never lost that, not since Togami died.
[Finally, Hinata releases his wrist, hands balling into fists. Not ready to dig crescents into his palms, but determined. Slowly, he turns his head to the side so he can see Komaeda, and Komaeda can see him.
It's muted from what Komaeda has seen, not yet awakened. But there's a light in Hinata's eyes.]
So I'll fight for you, too, to uncover your truth, until I can finally understand who Komaeda Nagito is. No matter how long that may take.