( due to them latching onto him, they can feel the way komaeda flinches as they speak, but he plays it over following a shiver, and leaning against them because they're warm. some days, and some nights, he does get cold. his hand reaches out to click a button, causing the cart to shake, sending them down. )

An anchor, how funny, such a familiar concept.

( his eyes glance up at the top of the elevator, slowly he presses his back against the wall, and slowly he smooths down until he's sitting. there's a chance he's bringing npckun down with him too as they go down one by one. he's not good at hearing comments about himself, but he wants them. consciously he knows that he doesn't deserve them, subconsciously he's aware that maybe he'd be a better person if he could have them. his mind breaks down parts of what makes subaru inferior, and what about amami doesn't see about npckun.

it makes sense. )

Kogamo.

( komaeda looks up at them, his eyes looking for something in theirs. trying to find if they're honest, or if they share the same eyes as their older brother. )

Do you want to be kept alive, or am I doing something against your will? ( no matter the answer, komaeda will always do what he decides to do, and what is right for hope. ) It's your hope I want to nurture, I want to see what future you mold by your own hands... because of you, you've made Amami-kun's hope grow miraculously, you even help that idiot Akehoshi-kun too... even Rokkun, he does what he can... it's all a different hope, but together, it builds something for you...

( he leans his head against their arm, it's not like he's explaining his heart, but he's speaking on what he knows. they managed to go down one level, a few more to go. )