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Komaeda sighed and shook his head.
"This isn't a good idea, Naegi. You know I'm not even going to live long enough to live out my high school years."
Naegi looked a little hurt after he said that, but bounced right back anyway.
"You don't know that! You still have a chance of living!" He said this full of hope. Komaeda felt bad for him. Naegi didn't know that his condition had gotten even worse since the beginning of his high school career. His chance of living is a mere 23% survival rate. It was just his luck for something like this to happen. First Naegi confessed his love to him, and then his survival rate drops from before. He had already given up hope on being able to survive through his whole high school life, he knew he'd never graduate.
"Naegi... my condition has gotten even worse, I wont make it even to my graduation. I don't want to hurt you by bringing your hopes up and then once I pass away you fall into despair." Komaeda cautioned.
Naegi looked upset, but he didn't give up yet. He made his hand into a fist and moved it to his chest.
"You don't know that! You have to have hope, Nagito! You can't let despair overcome you!" Naegi grabbed Komaeda's hands and held them tight.
Komaeda knew that there was no escape from Naegi's firm grasp. He didn't mind though, what he was more embarrassed about was the usage of his given name. But he let Naegi continue.
"There's always hope, and your 'bad luck' just finished right? So there's gotta be some light at the end of the tunnel, right?"
Komaeda still wasn't sure. But he did agree, next had to be some overwhelming good luck, right?
Komaeda smiled softly at Naegi.
"Alright... you've convinced me. I accept your confession, though I'm still not sure why you would like to date trash like me. But sure we can date." He accepted.
Naegi smiled but then it started to fade as he called himself trash. Naegi gave Komaeda a death glare. Which didn't last long because Naegi didn't really like to glare at people. But Komaeda got the message and quickly apologized to Naegi. Soon after they left the school fountain and went their separate ways.