YES HE PARTICIPATES. I could never leave Coco out, I am too soft and squishy for this sad man. Possibly because Komatsu gets SO flustered and SO concerned about this guy paying to watch him do demos without any hands on time, because that must be boring and why is he here! and also he is SO HANDSOME and oh gosh Komatsu’s poor gay heart can’t handle this.
Coco is very concerned that he seems to be upsetting the unreasonably attractive? instructor, and then is gently pushed into doing things. And Komatsu digs up a pair of XXL nitrile gloves at some point post poison reveal, which is not at ALL what Coco was expecting of course.
And at some point they’re doing some in the field thing on foraging and Coco gets to share his expertise on something (pufferwhales? Or possibly it’s going to be more realistic, I’m not sure yet) and Komatsu LOVES it.
But it’s also ALL ABOUT the two of them staring meaningfully at each other’s hands and not reaching out, about fingers firm on ripe tomatoes and a knife handle and staying steady as you watch a thumbprint pressed into frosted metal from a mold just out of the freezer and thinking about what his heartbeat would feel like if you could press your lips to his pulse.
