Despite his annoyance with his starter, that gets his nose to crinkle a little as he fights back a smile, as if he wants to keep frowning and stay irritated. It doesn't work though, and he just ends up exhaling through his nose in a sigh.

"I think so, too. It's weird thinking about how things might have been different."

Nagi...didn't really have friends at all when he first arrived. There were many who aggressively tried to befriend him, sure, but he wasn't exactly a huge talker. Only a few caught on to his interests, but even then he didn't know how to make friends. For all he had cared about, Neku was going to be his sworn enemy and rival forever.

Now look at them. Together, partners in a whole different world. And honestly, Nagi preferred that over anything else that could have happened.