Minato noticed the expression and moved his right hand in response, almost reaching out for both Junpei and Pharos before pulling back. "I'll be fine," he said, looking away from them as he recalled a time long ago when he had been left alone, waiting for the people he'd never see again and finding people who didn't care. He wanted so much to believe that they were both real and that they cared but even then he shook his head, gripping his blanket as he thought about the possibility of everyone else coming to visit.

Should he say something about that? He thought a while before looking down again, indicating that his previous response would be enough. It wasn't as if he'd have a choice after all; his friends would never abandon him if they were real and he could always believe in that, even with his heart broken as is.