[ As fate would have it, Ranger is in fact trying to get up when Komaeda makes the decision to take his spot back. He pushes himself up all of a few inches before falling back down those few inches and a couple more. It knocks the breath out of him, and he blinks a couple times, unsure of what just transpired, but in the end seems otherwise unbothered by the entire affair.
He lifts the controller up after a moment, holding it in one hand without pressing any buttons. Date, or hang out, hmm... ]
Hm... Let's make it a surprise.
[ Both, he supposes, would be the right and proper answer. He's already checking in on Komaeda often enough, and he supposes he'll have to learn more about flower language from him. It's unlikely that he'll be able to find any, and he's struggling with an alternative, but - ah, wouldn't that be nice? What if one day he did? It would be a fun little surprise, like opening what you believed to be an box to find a piece of caramel inside. There was nothing exciting about a piece of candy, but to have one's expectations subverted was its own small delight.
Well, even if it was just opening one empty box after another, that would at least be a fine way to kill time. ]
the cremation coffin is also a box you know
He lifts the controller up after a moment, holding it in one hand without pressing any buttons. Date, or hang out, hmm... ]
Hm... Let's make it a surprise.
[ Both, he supposes, would be the right and proper answer. He's already checking in on Komaeda often enough, and he supposes he'll have to learn more about flower language from him. It's unlikely that he'll be able to find any, and he's struggling with an alternative, but - ah, wouldn't that be nice? What if one day he did? It would be a fun little surprise, like opening what you believed to be an box to find a piece of caramel inside. There was nothing exciting about a piece of candy, but to have one's expectations subverted was its own small delight.
Well, even if it was just opening one empty box after another, that would at least be a fine way to kill time. ]