[ he'd sworn an oath to saejima. to be together until death. if he gave his full heart to kiryu, did that mean admitting that saejima was dead? that everyone they remembered were out of their reach? ]
Look, this shit with your old-boss, that's no big deal, okay?
I'm not going to ask you to choose. You don't have to.
[ Kiryu slowly strokes an arm down Majima's back. The people they know... maybe they'll turn up here like Tachibana, or maybe they won't. Even if Kiryu remembers a life he doesn't have, he understands the desire to keep it. ]
But yeah, it was no big deal.
[ He just died in his arms but that's not the same as swearing an oath, we all know that. ]
[ lbr people dying in kiryu's arms is a pretty common occurrence!! ]
A-ah, Kiryu-chan?
[ that's a pretty forward gesture though out in public like this. it's one thing to fight but he blushes at the thought of kiryu trying to physically reassure him ]
[ You're the only one to never die in his arms, Majima!! Plus with Majima not wearing a shirt, any kind of gesture is gonna come off a little embarrassing, you're gonna have to deal with that, Majima. Kiryu is trying to be reassuring here. ]
Okay.
[ He smiles a little. Majima's cute when he's blushing. ]
[ Worst case they can always fight to get their feelings across, but maybe they can ice skate first. Kiryu walks past Majima and pats him on the shoulder. ]
[ Kiryu grabs the pair and starts putting them on. He wants to have a nice time with Majima, but he also doesn't want Majima to just beat himself up about this. ]
[ he seems to mean it at least - and seems to be willing to give tachibana the benefit of the doubt, for now. skates on though, he waits for kiryu so they can head out to the rink. ]
So you wanna date him, or what?
[ legitimate, nonjudgmental question. he seems to have switched gears from being down on himself to prodding kiryu. ]
[ You realize that's an indirect compliment to yourself, right, Majima? Kiryu will let you have that one. He follows Majima onto the rink slowly, reaching out to keep Majima's hand gripped in his. Kiryu's gotten a little better at skating, but he's still not the steadiest on his feet. He'll let Majima lead.
And he blushes at the question, but he'll try and take Majima seriously. ]
I don't know. [ He pauses. ] I don't think so. He's really... normal.
[ Like, they're kind of in different places in their lives, realistically speaking here. ]
He said he remembered running over one of the yakuza that was giving me trouble back then, so he wasn't afraid of fighting them even though he was a civilian.
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[ he'd sworn an oath to saejima. to be together until death. if he gave his full heart to kiryu, did that mean admitting that saejima was dead? that everyone they remembered were out of their reach? ]
Look, this shit with your old-boss, that's no big deal, okay?
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[ Kiryu slowly strokes an arm down Majima's back. The people they know... maybe they'll turn up here like Tachibana, or maybe they won't. Even if Kiryu remembers a life he doesn't have, he understands the desire to keep it. ]
But yeah, it was no big deal.
[ He just died in his arms but that's not the same as swearing an oath, we all know that. ]
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A-ah, Kiryu-chan?
[ that's a pretty forward gesture though out in public like this. it's one thing to fight but he blushes at the thought of kiryu trying to physically reassure him ]
C'mon, lets go skate.
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Okay.
[ He smiles a little. Majima's cute when he's blushing. ]
Ah, just a warning. I'm not very good.
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[ and just like that now that hes embarrassing kiryu, he's no longer embarrassed for himself. wild. ]
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He will take Majima's hand, though. ]
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[ hmm you know it feels like they didn't finish their last conversation though. the feelings one? weird. ]
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[ Kiryu stops walking. ]
I meant what I said, you know. You don't have to choose.
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Yeah, I heard you.
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[ Worst case they can always fight to get their feelings across, but maybe they can ice skate first. Kiryu walks past Majima and pats him on the shoulder. ]
Let's rent some skates.
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[ he kind of grumbles it, though, and does indeed follow ]
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[ It's too bad they don't have custom skates or Majima could get the sweet silver tip on his skates, too. ]
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[ he checks out the skates and pays for both of them, and then hands over one pair to kiryu. ]
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Even though I don't think it's unfair?
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[ he pulls on his skates too. kiryu if youre going to want him to understand you you're going to have to say more about this tachibana thing. ]
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[ Kiryu thinks back to what he remembers of Tachibana, the way he'd felt in his memories... ]
The way I feel about Tachibana-san is the same. It's not nothing, but it's different from how I feel about you.
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Then I hope...
[ but what he was going to say dies on his lips, and he shakes his head. ]
If you felt that way about him, if you trusted him...maybe he wasn't the one who hurt Makoto.
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I hope so, too.
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[ he seems to mean it at least - and seems to be willing to give tachibana the benefit of the doubt, for now. skates on though, he waits for kiryu so they can head out to the rink. ]
So you wanna date him, or what?
[ legitimate, nonjudgmental question. he seems to have switched gears from being down on himself to prodding kiryu. ]
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[ You realize that's an indirect compliment to yourself, right, Majima? Kiryu will let you have that one. He follows Majima onto the rink slowly, reaching out to keep Majima's hand gripped in his. Kiryu's gotten a little better at skating, but he's still not the steadiest on his feet. He'll let Majima lead.
And he blushes at the question, but he'll try and take Majima seriously. ]
I don't know. [ He pauses. ] I don't think so. He's really... normal.
[ Like, they're kind of in different places in their lives, realistically speaking here. ]
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What about back then?
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He said he remembered running over one of the yakuza that was giving me trouble back then, so he wasn't afraid of fighting them even though he was a civilian.
[ Which is pretty badass, right? ]
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[ It helps that Kiryu carried his shirtless body and remembers seeing him laying in a bed, also shirtless. ]
Maybe he was in some kind of other gang? He seemed really business-like, though.
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[ but he won't push it if kiryu doesn't want to talk about it anymore, instead he's having them skate further away from the hand rails ]
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