[ 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.
[ Kiryu nods. It's a fair assumption to make, honestly. He won't refute it. ]
All I know is that when he died, I was...
[ He trails off, sucking in a sharp breath. He was fucked up, but he doesn't have to say it out loud, Majima will understand. And skating is a good enough distraction, honestly. ]
I don't know enough yet. I think it was when I was young.
[ Kiryu squeezes Majima's hand. See, Majima gets it. That's why he'll always be the most important person to him. No one else could come close to understanding him like Majima does. ]
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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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All I know is that when he died, I was...
[ He trails off, sucking in a sharp breath. He was fucked up, but he doesn't have to say it out loud, Majima will understand. And skating is a good enough distraction, honestly. ]
I don't know enough yet. I think it was when I was young.
[ You're young now, Kiryu. ]
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[ he knows. a lot of his memories fucked him up too. ]
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[ Kiryu squeezes Majima's hand. See, Majima gets it. That's why he'll always be the most important person to him. No one else could come close to understanding him like Majima does. ]
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[ He nods, smiling a little. They can still have a good time ice skating. Majima's in the lead, anyway. ]
We've got time.