As soon as Ryusei had left, Kengo had moved his chair back enough to rest his forehead against the table, arms resting on the surface. ... how stupid. He really should have been more careful. Next time, he would have to set an alarm to make sure he didn't spend so much time focusing on himself. It was a strange thing to feel compelled to help out everyone else, now that they had forced themselves into their lives, but it had become an annoying part of his conscience to show concern for them. It wasn't just the insecurity that the rest of the KRC was replacing him (even if they said and proved they weren't), he couldn't shake the feeling that he was becoming more and more useless. As the person who should have felt the most responsible for the operation, it looked bad to be contributing so little.
By the time Ryusei returned, Kengo had caught up to Ryusei's progress, running system checks and double-checking everything the other boy had done while he'd been asleep. It was absurdly close to being complete, but Kengo was known to double and triple check everything before even allowing it to be tested. It was part of his concern for not wanting to give Gentarou a switch that could possibly backfire.
He barely raised his head when he heard Ryusei's voice, though when his mind finally processed that the other had returned, he snapped shut a notebook that he'd had open in front of him while waiting for the program to finish running. It wouldn't do any good to show that data to anyone else. Resting his arm on top of it, he went back to focusing his attention on the switch.
"I'm fine with anything." His words were just as dismissive as they always were whenever someone asked him about his preferences for something. It seemed as though Kengo only ever gave his opinion when it came to work.
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By the time Ryusei returned, Kengo had caught up to Ryusei's progress, running system checks and double-checking everything the other boy had done while he'd been asleep. It was absurdly close to being complete, but Kengo was known to double and triple check everything before even allowing it to be tested. It was part of his concern for not wanting to give Gentarou a switch that could possibly backfire.
He barely raised his head when he heard Ryusei's voice, though when his mind finally processed that the other had returned, he snapped shut a notebook that he'd had open in front of him while waiting for the program to finish running. It wouldn't do any good to show that data to anyone else. Resting his arm on top of it, he went back to focusing his attention on the switch.
"I'm fine with anything." His words were just as dismissive as they always were whenever someone asked him about his preferences for something. It seemed as though Kengo only ever gave his opinion when it came to work.