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[judgementkazzy]

KAZUMA KIRYU

Real Estate Agent - Dojima Real Estate
Call me Kaz :-)

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[judgementkazzy]

What?

[ Did he say something weird? Is there something on his face? Maybe he needs to clarify? ]

Your friendship means a lot to me, Majima.

[sotenbori]

But think about -- think about what that's saying.

[ majima's accent slips away. because this is serious. because this has meaning. he forces himself not to look away from kiryu as he tries to articulate what he means, tries to put into words what it is about this situation that's got him so upset. ]

If we knew each other before - if we had a friendship that was this strong before - it means we forgot it. Means we forgot each other.

[judgementkazzy]

[ Kiryu spares Majima the same respect. He looks him in the eyes. Maybe his life was a little easier, maybe he hasn't remembered as many bad things. Maybe he's just... optimistic. ]

We didn't choose to forget.

[ Whether they've forgotten, or another life, who knows. ]

To me, this means our friendship is strong enough to withstand even us forgetting about it.

[sotenbori]

We met by accident. If we hadn't...

[ kiryu is definitely more optimistic than he is. he doesn't know why the thought of having forgotten a friendship with this man makes him feel like he wants to cry. he doesn't know why that thought is so painful, when he'd told his friends not to worry or blame themselves for not remembering friendships. but those things were all so abstract. and this? this was something else entirely. ]

[judgementkazzy]

[ Maybe Kiryu is more used to forgetting people like how he forgot to call Majima for two years OHHHHH BURRRN ]

Then we would've met some other way. I would have found your club eventually.

[ Or maybe Kiryu just believes in fate and he has a crush on Majima and the fact that they might have known each other before means they're not alone in this. ]

Even if it took another life or another memory, we met again. Doesn't that tell you something?

[sotenbori]

Maybe we weren't friends.

[ it's a possibility neither of them is considering. ]

[judgementkazzy]

[ It's certainly a possibility. Kiryu can't deny that... but he shakes his head anyway. ]

We're friends now. Whatever we were back then-- we're sharing this now.

[sotenbori]

[ god, kiryu is so painfully optimistic he kind of wants to punch him in the face. actually, he wants to punch him in the face more generally, now that he looks like that. but it's just all so naive of him to have an answer to everything.

he wants to ask what kiryu means by that last part. but he doesn't want to hear that he's wrong about what he thinks the answer is.

anyway, he doesn't understand why it's not more upsetting that he could've forgotten about him. for all he posits the idea they weren't friends, he can't imagine it. it can only imagine them being close. he can only imagine this. and if that's the case - then caring this much about him still wasn't enough not to forget. who else had he forgotten? what other important things were left by the wayside? ]

Yeah. We're friends now.

[judgementkazzy]

[ Kiryu steps closer a bit. He's definitely naive. But deep down, he's the same guy who'd forgive even a man who tried to stab him. Even if Majima had been his enemy, he would still be friends with him now. It seems silly to worry about that, to him. ]

To me, this means... I want to remember now more than ever.

[ Not just to be a badass or find out what the hell was up with those tigers or his apartment burning down... But Majima. What had he and Majima been to each other? He really needs to know. ]

[sotenbori]

[ majima takes a step away from him and shakes his head. he thinks about the way kiryu had talked about his dad, how he wanted so desperately for his dad to be innocent, as if innocence was the only thing that meant he was a good person. and if that was true... ]

I wasn't a good guy, Kazzy. I got arrested, I'm pretty sure I ended up with some kind of gang on my ass at one point. I mean, fuck, I probably got arrested for being involved with them.

[the whole thing with that daigo guy had been about prioritizing the group's needs, hadn't it?]

Maybe that's not the shit you wanna remember.

[judgementkazzy]

[ I mean, his dad also cheated on his mom, he's not a good person and he's not perfect, even if he is his dad. That was supposed to be the takeaway from that conversation, Majima.

They'd talked about this. Would a criminal record really keep him from being friends with Majima? Of course not. ]

It doesn't matter that you'd been arrested. That doesn't make you a bad guy.

[ I mean, he can punch tigers, would crime really stop him? ]

Majima... we're in this together now.

[sotenbori]

I ...

[ majima's brow furrows, and he looks away from kiryu for a moment, deep in thought. speaking of that arrest...and of kiryu... he definitely remembers kiryu being there, actually. he broke away from the cops to talk to him, tell him about that daigo guy and how everything was connected (what??) and that kiryu was ....

his frown deepens and he looks back at kiryu. ]

Fuck. We definitely knew each other.

[judgementkazzy]

[ Well that's a sudden change of tune. ]

Did you remember something else?

[sotenbori]

Yeah. You were there when I got arrested.

[judgementkazzy]

Oh.

[ Pause......... ]

Was I helping you?

[ He wants to think he would have, even if that means, well, he might be a criminal, too. ]

[sotenbori]

[majima nods.]

Yes.

[judgementkazzy]

[ Kiryu nods. That's.... a relief? ]

Then that settles it.

[sotenbori]

Settles what?

[judgementkazzy]

We were friends then. Like how we're friends now.

[ You don't even know, Kiryu. ]

[sotenbori]

Oh.

["you're all i have left"]

Yeah.

[judgementkazzy]

[ Kiryu smiles very minutely. ]

Good.

[ Why wouldn't he be happy to know they've been friends 5ever?? ]

[sotenbori]

[majima's quiet for a long moment.]

D'ya wanna keep that?

[the business card]

[judgementkazzy]

I... If you don't want it?

[ Kiryu looks back down at the card. "Kamurocho"? What a weird name. But then it says he worked for Tachibana Real Estate... was Makoto involved too? ]

Are you sure?

[sotenbori]

I mean. It's yours.

[ majima shrugs. ]

[judgementkazzy]

But you had it. It must mean something to you.

[ That would mean talking about your feelings, huh, Majima? ]