Rich is desperate to help, but he's certainly not the most experienced with comforting people at all, much less people with issues like the ones César has had to face. He feels a bit like he's said something extra wrong, for a moment, but then he feels a hand around his shoulders and he breathes out a relieved sigh.

"I... I want it too." He can't look at the older man, but he nods. "I know it's hard for me to admit it, but... I'd like to try to be someone who's, you know... able to take the chance I have here." Even that much is hard to say, but he looks up to his roommate with a bit of a smile.