[ Things must have been pretty bad if he stopped wearing a shirt. Kiryu nods. That kind of lifestyle fits the Majima he remembers. Plus if he thinks about it now... the life they're living already doesn't make sense. It can't have made any more sense before. ]
Okay.
[ He doesn't want to say he's sorry or anything, certainly Majima doesn't need pity. But he does reach over and lay his hand over Majima's. ]
[ "I was really unhappy," he wants to tell him. he wants to tell him about the deep sense of dread he felt lingering under the surface. the anger. the sadness. but it's one thing to tell kiryu about what happened, in a factual sense, and another thing to articulate his feelings. he's been bottling them up and swallowing them down for three years now. that's not going to change just because he's got a nice boyfriend. ]
That guy had his hand all bandaged up, he must've fucked up some how
[ Kiryu writes down "older tan-suit guy" on the page where they've written down most of the people they've remembered (including hard-on-san.) He also takes a look at his hands... he really hopes he never lost a finger somehow. ]
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[ Things must have been pretty bad if he stopped wearing a shirt. Kiryu nods. That kind of lifestyle fits the Majima he remembers. Plus if he thinks about it now... the life they're living already doesn't make sense. It can't have made any more sense before. ]
Okay.
[ He doesn't want to say he's sorry or anything, certainly Majima doesn't need pity. But he does reach over and lay his hand over Majima's. ]
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That guy had his hand all bandaged up, he must've fucked up some how
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How's that?
[ Give him a sec. ]
Did they cut off his finger?
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[ Kiryu writes down "older tan-suit guy" on the page where they've written down most of the people they've remembered (including hard-on-san.) He also takes a look at his hands... he really hopes he never lost a finger somehow. ]
Were you guys enemies, then?
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[ the word "enemies" doesn't feel right. "friends" doesn't either. ]
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Co-workers, then? Were you in the same family?
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I guess things don't make much sense here, either.
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I'd be okay with whatever you decide to wear.
[ So... if you decide to go snakeskin. It's cool. Kiryu loves you for you, Majima. ]
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Thanks.
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You look good in anything.
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I mean it. From what I can remember, you've still got it.
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[come to think of it -]
Ya look older in my memories.
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[ Also like he never sleeps and doesn't eat enough, but maybe being in the yakuza can do that to a person. ]
We must've known each other for a long time.
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[ That's gotta be it. He never seems to feel anything but affection towards Majima, after all. ]
It's like I've known you forever.
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[ Kiryu nods. He makes a couple notes about them maybe being older, but it's hard to know by how much...
He does write "dating?" though. It makes the most sense. ]
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majima's quiet for a moment, and then: ]
People keep askin' me if I'm fuckin' angry.
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[ Which part... would he be angry about? ]
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[ He pauses. ]
It probably wasn't an accident.
[ Punishment. It was definitely punishment, considering the way the yakuza take responsibility. ]
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