[ mostly, he doesn't like talking about it for the reasons he'd told kiryu before - they're not secrets, they're just not other people's problems. but kiryu's his boyfriend now. and he might as well talk about it now before they get too deep into this and kiryu realizes majima isn't good enough for him. ]
We were a couple of idiots, back then. I was always so full of fuckin' energy, kinda like Mafuyu.
[ a lot like mafuyu, but without the memory of a fish issue. ]
So we were always lookin' for he next thrill. Started out small, like palmin' a pack of candy we couldn't afford at 7/11. An' then it got bigger, flashier. Wallets, big ticket items. Tried not to hurt anyone. My brother's a big guy, just, really fuckin' huge. No one wants to fight a guy like that, not if they can avoid it.
After I graduated from high school it got worse. I'd been cuttin' class a lot even before that, 'cause my brother's a couple years older than me. Neither of us could find steady work, especially not work that paid as much as we were making liftin' shit. I started fightin' for money, then, too.
It was always about the thrill, though. And I always wanted more. Wanted to get better at it, jack better stuff. My brother, he... [ majima considers this ] he was never against it, he needed the money, too. Ya turn 18 and the orphanage doesn't really give a shit what happens to you after that, 'specially if you wasted 18 years worth of resources not gettin' adopted into a nice happy family. But he probably wouldn't have done it, if it weren't for me always wanting more.
Cops would catch us, sometimes. But nothing much happened. They didn't have enough evidence, or it was more trouble than it was worth for somethin' small, or, shit, I don't know. Just ended up with a slap on the wrist. Makes you feel invincible after awhile.
[ he laughs morosely. the invincibility clearly hadn't lasted ]
So one day, we've agreed to hit this convenience store. It was gonna be simple, just in and out. My brother was going to ask them for cash, get it, and leave. Only, the clerk put up a fight and a couple people joined in. I told ya my brother's big as fuck, though, right? And we were fightin' all the time back then, and these guys were just some randos. They didn't know how to throw a punch, most likely. In the fight, he injured two of the guys real bad and killed the third. The charge was extra steep 'cause he was robbing them.
[ majima can't claim to really understand how that one works, but it is what it is. ]
He wouldn't've even gone, if it weren't for me. And I wasn't there -- it should've been me instead of him.
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We were a couple of idiots, back then. I was always so full of fuckin' energy, kinda like Mafuyu.
[ a lot like mafuyu, but without the memory of a fish issue. ]
So we were always lookin' for he next thrill. Started out small, like palmin' a pack of candy we couldn't afford at 7/11. An' then it got bigger, flashier. Wallets, big ticket items. Tried not to hurt anyone. My brother's a big guy, just, really fuckin' huge. No one wants to fight a guy like that, not if they can avoid it.
After I graduated from high school it got worse. I'd been cuttin' class a lot even before that, 'cause my brother's a couple years older than me. Neither of us could find steady work, especially not work that paid as much as we were making liftin' shit. I started fightin' for money, then, too.
It was always about the thrill, though. And I always wanted more. Wanted to get better at it, jack better stuff. My brother, he... [ majima considers this ] he was never against it, he needed the money, too. Ya turn 18 and the orphanage doesn't really give a shit what happens to you after that, 'specially if you wasted 18 years worth of resources not gettin' adopted into a nice happy family. But he probably wouldn't have done it, if it weren't for me always wanting more.
Cops would catch us, sometimes. But nothing much happened. They didn't have enough evidence, or it was more trouble than it was worth for somethin' small, or, shit, I don't know. Just ended up with a slap on the wrist. Makes you feel invincible after awhile.
[ he laughs morosely. the invincibility clearly hadn't lasted ]
So one day, we've agreed to hit this convenience store. It was gonna be simple, just in and out. My brother was going to ask them for cash, get it, and leave. Only, the clerk put up a fight and a couple people joined in. I told ya my brother's big as fuck, though, right? And we were fightin' all the time back then, and these guys were just some randos. They didn't know how to throw a punch, most likely. In the fight, he injured two of the guys real bad and killed the third. The charge was extra steep 'cause he was robbing them.
[ majima can't claim to really understand how that one works, but it is what it is. ]
He wouldn't've even gone, if it weren't for me. And I wasn't there -- it should've been me instead of him.