[Safer. And he'd feel safer with you than any of those others as well.

...though that's not saying much for Maki, but still.]

Yeah, never! I mean, you guys are the SHSL Hypnotists, so that's not really surprising~

[But of course that's a lie. He glances away, just a little smile playing at his lips.]

...I told you this once already, but I'm really not used to being alone. Even having one person around is nice, and it's really comforting. It's not always enough to keep me from having nightmares, but I have them a whole lot less. Like...a lot, a lot. And so when both of you are around, they just...never happen. It feels a lot more like home. I mean, it's not like you can feel all nine people in a big cuddle pile, no matter where you're sleeping, right? Having one of you on each side though...that's close enough. And that...makes it nice enough that I can just stop thinking for a while. Like really stop.

[After all of that, he gives Shuichi abroad grin again, laughing all of that off as easily as always.]

I'm an attention whore, basically! Which I'm sure anyone with eyes could have guessed.