That's not what came out of your mouth.

[Just to be petulant.

But the question is fairly legitimate.... So he's sighing as he moves to pick up a demolished table and stack it on top of another one, gathering all the wood in one place.]

.... I don't mind being home and of course I love hanging out with Kousetsu-kun and Sayo-kun. [ . . . . ] But I can't do that all the time.

[He can't be stuck in a place where he'll think too much about what's missing again.]