[Was this how it was going to play out? Was this going to the middle group they were going to settle on? It seems so that his teammate seemed to have finally calmed down. Giving a sigh of relief, the emotional build up disappeared as he felt a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders.

For now, he'll just deal with what they have for now. As Shinjiro continued, he momentarily looked down. It was a lot to take in. He was right, there was no guarantee life would allow him to live back home. Time had moved on without him for the past two years.

Why would this be any different?]

...All the more reason why we need to make most of what we got, right? You don't know when the day might come where one of us might disappear from this world.

[That said, he gave his hand out to him. He knew that it wasn't the most appropriate thing to do but what else could he say? Hopefully this will get the message across.]