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[youraffection]

Yosuke Hanamura

Iiiiiiit's Yosuke! You know what to do. And if you don't, leave a message after the tone. Beep! ...Haha, okay, for real now.

陽介だぜ！わかんねぇだろうな？メッセージを残ってくれ！ピーッつってん後で。ピーッ！　。。。はは、じゃ、まじで。

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4/19

[covenantal]

[ It's later into the evening when this text comes through. ]

Yosuke? Are you busy?

[youraffection]

just got home from work
wats up

[covenantal]

Can we talk? In person.

[youraffection]

uh
yea sure
everything ok?

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I remembered something.

You were in it.

[youraffection]

[ Oh. ]

srsly?
was it bad?

[covenantal]

It would be better to talk about this in person.

[youraffection]

ok....
ur kinda freaking me out
where and when?

[covenantal]

[ ... ]

I'm sorry. I don't mean to worry you. I just don't know how to explain it over text.

Here?

[ Texts Yosuke a location. It's probably whatever the Recolle equivalent of Starbucks is not too far from either of them. ]

[youraffection]

ok
c u soon

[ And he will. Yosuke changes out of his uniform and hops on his bike--he didn't want to have to wait for public transit on a night schedule. It takes him about 20 minutes to get there when he ignores some traffic laws. (Is he a pedestrian or a car? Who knows.)

He parks his bike outside, chaining it to a tree. ]

[covenantal]

[ Yu doesn't even own a bike, so he gets to take the bus. Thankfully, it takes him around the same amount of time, between waiting for the bus and the short actual drive. It gives him time to think and try and calm his rattled nerves, but it's tough.

was it bad?

what do you want to do... leader?

Still, Yosuke will beat him there. The bus stop is nearby, but Yu still has to walk over, so once he actually arrives he'll head inside to look for his friend. Once he spots Yosuke he'll make a beeline for him, ducking his chin and speaking low. ]

I'm sorry for the sudden notice. Let's find a place to sit.

[ un .... less yosuke wants to get coffee first which is fine. one might need coffee for this kind of conversation ]

[youraffection]

[ When he doesn't see Yu inside, he waits by the entrance, a few feet from where he parked his bike. He doesn't want to sit down with this nervous energy. So Yu will find him bouncing in place, rocking back and forth on the heels of his feet. He's both relieved and anxious to see his friend. ]

Yeah. No problem. Dad isn't coming home tonight so he won't notice...

[ He pulls the door open and props it with his shoulder, allowing Yu inside before he follows. It's definitely pretty empty inside. ]

Uh...should we buy something to use their tables?

[covenantal]

[ Blinks.

Yu lets his eyes lid slightly, pressing the heel of a palm to his temple. ]

I ... forgot. Yeah, we should.

[ Flustered, a bit. Frowns a little, ducking his chin. ]

What would you like? I can get our drinks while you get a table.

[ not that it's really busy enough to warrant that, but the words are out before he can consider them more deeply. ]

[youraffection]

Um...

[ He's not super hungry or anything, so... ]

Coffee? Decaf? I guess.

[ Since it is night, but well, he feels adult-ish when he drinks coffee. And he feels a bit like he needs the composure of an adult right now, since he is fairly nervous. Why else would Yu need to talk to him in person if it wasn't a big deal?

With that, Yosuke seeks out a table and decides on one farthest away from everyone as possible.

He plops down into one of the chairs and crosses his legs. And his arms. Then slouches, bouncing one leg at the knee.

No, not nervous at all. ]

[covenantal]

[ Yu will nod, wordless, and disappear to go order at the counter. He knows he's probably not making Yosuke feel any better, and distantly, he feels bad for that. The rest of him still feels painfully wound up over the memory, the terror and the empty fury that had come with it.

A few minutes later, he'll return to the table with two cups of coffee. Both are black, and it'll turn out that both are unsweetened. Yu has enough mercy to have brought a few packets of sugar with him at least, and he places those on the table between himself and Yosuke. He'll slide into his seat with a sigh, glancing over Yosuke's stiff and bound up posture and feeling a pang over knowing he caused it. ]

... I won't draw this out any longer. [ A breath. ] Yosuke, what sort of memories have you had? What others have been calling visions, or hallucinomemories.

[youraffection]

[ He continues bouncing his leg restlessly until Yu returns, and only then when he's forced to straighten in his seat to reach the coffee. He really doesn't need it at night, but, well. Oh well. Whoever said caffeine wasn't great on the nerves. (Besides everyone.)

He shoots Yu a small smile of thanks at the sugar packets. Yosuke isn't nearly cool enough to drink coffee black just yet. He starts to unload them one by one as his friend speaks.

And pauses after dumping the second packet in. ]

Um...

[ Yosuke fidgets, dropping the empty wrapper on the table. ]

To be honest? Like...I felt pretty behind the eight-ball with that. Everyone was talking about weird memories and changes and I was still freaking out about the damn chocobos...

[ He exhales. ]

Just one. It was weird, too. Uh...actually, I'm surprised Souji didn't say anything.

[covenantal]

[ .... Souji?

Yu feels a cold tingle down his spine, though he manages to remain pretty composed. ]

... why would Souji be the one to tell me about a memory of yours?

[ He thinks he already knows why. But if that's where this is going, then...

... what does this mean? ]

[youraffection]

[ Oh. So... ]

So...he didn't say anything?

[ Yosuke's actually a little surprised. Don't they tell each other everything? He fidgets in his seat, feeling like he shouldn't be the one to spill the beans, but... ]

I...kinda had one of those visions, except he was in it. And he had the same one.

[covenantal]

[ Yu doesn't say anything to that. He's not sure how to feel that Souji didn't tell him first.

Letting his gaze fall to the table, Yu stays quiet for a long moment. ]

That's actually why I asked you here.

[ He lifts his gaze again, feeling tired and trying to keep it off his face. ]

I had a memory. You were in it.

[youraffection]

[ Yosuke's brows shoot up. A memory with him in it? It...probably shouldn't be too surprising, considering that Yosuke has now already seen one of the twins, and Yukiko has mentioned them too, but... ]

...Yeah?

[ This... ]

You don't look too thrilled about it.

[ It's not judging, though. ]

What...kinda memory are we talking about?

[covenantal]

[ ..... ]

A hospital...

[ A beat, and he gives his head a small shake: ]

I remember... a hospital room. There was a group of us in there. You, Yukiko, and others whose names I don't remember.

[youraffection]

A hospital...?

[ That definitely doesn't make him feel any better about this. ]

Was someone sick...?

[covenantal]

[ .... ]

I'm ... not sure.

[ The man on the floor, shaking, holding his head...

And Yosuke. His face. His voice. His anger. ]

I think we were all upset. But ... I can't remember why.

[ Not the truth, but also not entirely a lie. He has no idea why they were there. Why that man was on the ground.

But he remembers his own profound sense of ice cold emptiness. The name Nanako.

What do you think we should do... leader? ]

[youraffection]

Well...it's a hospital. Most of the time people aren't going there because of something good.

[ He doesn't like the look on Yu's face, either. It's...gloomy, to say the least.

And quiet all of a sudden.

Yosuke let's the silence fall between them for a moment, before he gently nudges Yu's knee with the toe of his shoe. ]

Hey...

[covenantal]

Hm?

[ Yu glances up again at the nudge to his knee, realizing all at once how quiet he'd gone.

Leader.

With a shake of his head Yu straightens in his seat, smiling a little. ]

Sorry. I was lost in thought. I'm sure I'm overthinking this. At the very least, I don't remember enough to draw strong conclusions.

[ a lie. lies--

how many innocent people will die this time?

but he feels like,

he should be strong.

that's what a leader is, right? ]

But I did want you to know.