Of course you are. (He says plainly, giving a neutral and accepting smile at it. Well, he's at least prepared for this kind of thing since the day they met. He was hoping they could have been friends, and was also hoping that the person he chose as a friend at school would actually get along with anyone he was close to. It can't be helped, couldn't be— but Izaya's alive, Shizuo's alive, and those are the kinds of things that mattered objectively.)

I do! (And, rather blatantly, he just moves his own hand to grab for Izaya's like it's no big thing. Because it isn't.) And you're thinking, "I hope it's interesting," because that's all that matters. What a coincidence, because I'm thinking the same.

(He gives him a bit of a tug, as if to put him forward, because hello, stronger person here! Well, without the supernatural help.)

Don't you question their judgment, choosing the two of us? Though, I guess you care about the world, because it has your humans in it.