[On the other side of the connection, Atem's brows draw together.]
I thought I was the one who didn't have your attention.
I know Hinata knows, but...there's a difference between being okay with someone's feelings and being okay with acting on them. And I know what it's like being a demon...it makes you okay with some things you wouldn't have been okay with before.
[And before, Komaeda was worried about Lila and Hinata. He won't be a demon forever.]
Your happiness is more important to me than anything else I want from you. It always has been. I won't mess things up for you.
[No matter what salacious images are in his head, no matter how they make him feel (it helps that Komaeda's flirting is terrible), Atem is still too clearheaded to give in to what he suspects is demon hedonism that will lead to heartache.]
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I thought I was the one who didn't have your attention.
I know Hinata knows, but...there's a difference between being okay with someone's feelings and being okay with acting on them. And I know what it's like being a demon...it makes you okay with some things you wouldn't have been okay with before.
[And before, Komaeda was worried about Lila and Hinata. He won't be a demon forever.]
Your happiness is more important to me than anything else I want from you. It always has been. I won't mess things up for you.
[No matter what salacious images are in his head, no matter how they make him feel (it helps that Komaeda's flirting is terrible), Atem is still too clearheaded to give in to what he suspects is demon hedonism that will lead to heartache.]