Malignant narcissists live to be the center of attention. Good attention or bad attention doesn't matter to them. Because if you are paying attention and responding to them, then they think they are in control. And the core reality of malignant narcissism is that their world is utter chaos.

Given that, of course he wanted to stay. Of course he was cheering. Of course we wanted more. He felt alive and was getting a huge boost of energy from the whole thing.

In a malignant narcissists' world, the only person who actually exists is the narcissist. Everyone else is just a plaything to be used and discarded. Everything and everyone's sole existence is about the narcissist.