[ he shovels a slice of chashu into his mouth as he listens to her.

it will be a moment before he responds, continuing to eat silently. ]

I mean, I never thought any differently. It ain't like I just realized this. But all of my first years were here and it was easy to push the thought aside 'cause I needed to focus on them. [ he picks at his ramen idly. ] Yuji and Maki are both still here, but they'll eventually go home too.

[ don't even get him started on nanamin and geto. ]

I guess it would be less annoying to me if there was more permanence in this for us.