[ That sounds awful, especially with how both of them have family in jail. Kiryu can't imagine how horrible that must feel-- for all that seeing his apartment go up in flames hurt, and made him check every smoke detector in his house, that was at least a concrete problem. This is not. (And yeah, these idiots always seem to think everyone else has it worse than them...) ]
That's awful. Do you remember why? Was it a mistake?
[ Shouldn't have brought up heavy shit at lunch, jeez!! Kiryu looks down at the menu again. He sure would love to at least put his hand on Majima's shoulder or something! ]
It sucks that we only get these in pieces. It's like we're building a puzzle without even knowing what it's supposed to look like and the pieces change.
[ except get there too late and never text him and leave him with daigo in the first place instead of manning up and leading the tojo clan yourself while you fucked off to okinawa
but he doesn't know any of that so you know!! you didn't do anything kiryu! ]
[ Kiryu smiles because Majima smiled and that's cause for celebration. ]
Oh, man, yeah... That week was awful. [ He looks down at his hands, taking the chance to grab some chopsticks while he frowns a bit. ] I managed to pull through thanks to that RC car I got off Amazon, but everyone's numbers really tanked... How did you guys work it out back then?
Yeah, we flew over to visit my mom's side of the family.
[ He smiles. The memories are fuzzy, but they're there and they're sweet. ]
Makoto was just starting to learn English and I didn't speak any Japanese so we came up with a bunch of silly codewords and stuff. He followed me everywhere.
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[ That sounds awful, especially with how both of them have family in jail. Kiryu can't imagine how horrible that must feel-- for all that seeing his apartment go up in flames hurt, and made him check every smoke detector in his house, that was at least a concrete problem. This is not. (And yeah, these idiots always seem to think everyone else has it worse than them...) ]
That's awful. Do you remember why? Was it a mistake?
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[ mostly, he remembers the distinct feeling of of course it would be like this. not sadness, but almost annoyance. ]
Just stupid.
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[ Shouldn't have brought up heavy shit at lunch, jeez!! Kiryu looks down at the menu again. He sure would love to at least put his hand on Majima's shoulder or something! ]
It sucks that we only get these in pieces. It's like we're building a puzzle without even knowing what it's supposed to look like and the pieces change.
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[ except get there too late and never text him and leave him with daigo in the first place instead of manning up and leading the tojo clan yourself while you fucked off to okinawa
but he doesn't know any of that so you know!! you didn't do anything kiryu! ]
I dunno, I'm just tryin' not to think about it.
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[ Kiryu nods. That's definitely better than thinking about it! Sorry, Majima... ]
Doesn't change who we are now, just what we do with what we know.
[ Like Kiryu, for instance, who wants to be that badass someday. ]
Doesn't have much to do with sushi either. Do we have to order miso soup, or is it included...?
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[ Makoto's mom usually makes miso soup, but then they don't exactly eat sushi very often. ]
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[turn in your nerd gun and your nerd badge]
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Yeah, good point. Guess I'll have the miso, then.
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[ ok someone eventually comes and takes the order for the soup and the sushi he marked down and majima gets some tea and they're set. ]
How's work goin'? They treatin' ya any better?
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Yeah, I'm doing a lot better, actually. I've helped close a lot of sales in the last two weeks, so things are looking good.
[ Who knew a change in attitude could help so much? ]
How's business at the club?
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[ majima smiles!! hearing that makes him happy!! ]
Shit's so much better now that we're not all fuckin' tiny.
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Oh, man, yeah... That week was awful. [ He looks down at his hands, taking the chance to grab some chopsticks while he frowns a bit. ] I managed to pull through thanks to that RC car I got off Amazon, but everyone's numbers really tanked... How did you guys work it out back then?
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We bought doll furniture -- me 'n Tuuri, we went on a whole adventure and it ended up workin' out pretty well.
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Oh, that's smart. I'm glad you had help.
[ Tuuri's a good girl. ]
...People still came by the club?
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Oh, yeah, lots of regulars an' stuff. Not a lot of Retrospecters, of course.
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Right... makes sense. Even with our numbers down, everyone else at work acted like it was just a normal week.
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It's super weird. Like what does Retrospec have to do with any of that?
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[ he just wants to eat sushi with a cute guy not contemplate the problems of the universe tbh ]
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Ah. Thanks. Smells great.
[ He'll just wait for Majima before he starts because there's no need for pleasantries when you can't remember Japanese. ]
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Have you ever been to Japan? I can't remember if you've told me before.
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Yeah, I went a few times as a kid. But I was really young, I don't remember too much of it.
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[ its nice getting to hear kiryu talk about himself tbh ]
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[ He smiles. The memories are fuzzy, but they're there and they're sweet. ]
Makoto was just starting to learn English and I didn't speak any Japanese so we came up with a bunch of silly codewords and stuff. He followed me everywhere.
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