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Maybe we weren't friends.

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

[ 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.

[ 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.

[ 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. ]

[ 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.

[ 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.

Edited 2017-06-02 06:37 (UTC)

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.

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

Did you remember something else?

Yeah. You were there when I got arrested.

Oh.

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

Was I helping you?

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

[majima nods.]

Yes.

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

Then that settles it.

Settles what?

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

[ You don't even know, Kiryu. ]

Oh.

["you're all i have left"]

Yeah.

[ Kiryu smiles very minutely. ]

Good.

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

[majima's quiet for a long moment.]

D'ya wanna keep that?

[the business card]

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?

I mean. It's yours.

[ majima shrugs. ]

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

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

If you want me to keep it, I'll keep it.

[ha ha ha bye]

I think you should keep it.

[ I mean, Retrospec is weird and might send it back to Majima anyway, but the principle is there. ]

Thanks for showing me.

Alright.

[he takes it back and pockets it, i guess.]

I should...head to work, soon. The kids are gonna be wonderin' where I am.

["kids" "adult employees" eh]

[ Definitely the same diff. ]

Okay.

[ Kiryu nods. He can still kind of tell Majima's upset... but if he has places to be and doesn't want to talk about it, he won't pry. ]

Text me later, if you want. [ oh, right. ] We're still on for your match this Saturday, right?

[ That sounds like a fucking date. ]

I'm gonna be there either way. I'm lookin' forward to seein' you there if you're gonna come.

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