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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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[youraffection]

[ Yu has been more quiet than usual, but not alarmingly so. Sometimes he just gets like that and as curious as Yosuke is, he's learned that Yu needs space to sort his thoughts out. He's willing to wait. Always willing to wait for Yu.

He's also happy to just be chilling quietly with his boyfriend, warm and close. His shoulder is pressed against Yu's and as the other boy finally speaks, it raises as he glances along the line of his shoulder at Yu. ]

Hm?

[ He's a little distracted, yes, battling something in his game. ]

Oh, uh...

[ That's a pretty heavy topic . He pauses the game. ]

No, not really. To be honest, most of my info about the murders has come from talking about it with you guys.

[covenantal]

[ Yu is quiet for a long moment, staring sightlessly down at his phone. ]

What about the fog? Do you remember that going away? Or, do you remember when I left Inaba? At the end of the year.

[youraffection]

[ This is something that's really bothering him, huh? The fact that Yu won't even look at him... ]

No, man. Sorry. Mostly the stuff I've been seeing feels like...just stuff that's happening around the investigation, if that makes sense? Like I saw my shadow, I saw Naoto's shadow, some people from the job I had...you and Souji, Yukiko. Just kind of...random stuff.

[ Nothing helpful, he feels. ]

Why? Do you know?

[covenantal]

I've had a lot of help, [ he demurs, but he's still smiling. ]

By the way, I have something for you.

[covenantal]

[ An even longer silence ensues, Yu's fingers starting to fiddle with his phone in nervous, idle motions. ]

Something doesn't feel right.

[youraffection]

Oh yeah? Me too!

[ He puts down the spoon into the curry, almost bouncing on the bench. ]

You wanna go first then?

[youraffection]

[ Yosuke frowns slightly and nudges Yu's shoulder with his own. ]

What d'you mean?

[covenantal]

[ Yu does not look up, continuing to stare pensively at nothing. ]

About my memories. It feels like something's ... off. It's hard to describe. Like what I remember ... isn't right, somehow.

[youraffection]

Hm...

[ He wishes he had an answer that would make Yu happy... ]

...Do you wanna tell me what you do remember? Sometimes that triggers something else, y'know? I might remember something too.

[covenantal]

[ His thumbs drift idly over his phone screen, which is off, at the moment. Another idle motion. ]

I remember leaving Inaba. That bear was missing, and everything was still shrouded in fog. I remember talking to the man I was staying with. He wasn't convinced we'd caught the killer of the first two victims, and I agreed with him.

[ ... ]

Yukiko-san said she remembered the fog clearing, [ he murmurs. ] But that it also returned later, in the arena. I don't remember the arena, though. Or Ame-no-Sagiri.

[covenantal]

[ a slow blink, and a tilt of his head. Someone's excited.

With a slight smile Yu will set down his own spoon, reaching into the other bag he brought along. Out of this he pulls a squashy, oddly shaped present. It's not soft or anything, it just feels like whatever items are in it are loose. But it's nicely wrapped, and Yu will hold it out. ]

I have two things. This is the first.

[youraffection]

[ Of course he's excited. He spent a lot of time picking out the gift he that he got for Yu, and who doesn't like receiving things too?

But what is this? ]

Hm?

[ Yosuke will accept the package, turning it over in his hands. ]

Do I get a hint?

[covenantal]

[ ... ]

Just a reminder that I do have another gift, [ he says, with a weird look on his face like he can't decide if he wants to laugh or not.

anyway

it's

GAUNTLETS.

with cat stickers on them.




to be fair they're secured over a pair of decent gloves. ]

[youraffection]

...

[ What.

What did he just unwrap. Gauntlets? Are these really gauntlets?

With cats. ]

I--

[ Oh my god, Yu. ]

...I'm not sure if you think I'm badass enough that I need to wear these, which kinda lose it with the stickers, or if you think we're gonna need 'em sometime soon--

[covenantal]

[ Ok, to be fair, that reaction makes Yu start to laugh. He lowers his face into his hand, still chuckling and smiling wryly. Once he recovers he'll turn his head so his cheek is resting on his palm instead and smile at his boyfriend. ]

It's because you're my knight in shining armor. [ grins a little more broadly. ] Karkat and Anya suggested it.

[youraffection]

[ Yosuke is just so not sure what to think?? It's so random he feels like it has to be thoughtful in some strange way... ]

...Of course they did.

[ Well. Now it makes sense.

But Yu is so happy. So silly and happy.]

It looks more like I'm your knight in cat sticker'd armor, to be honest.

[covenantal]

And I wouldn't have my knight any other way.

[ Yu sits up so he can press a kiss to Yosuke's cheek. ]

Here. [ He pulls out another gift, this one much smaller. He toys with it in his fingers for a moment, a quiet sign of nervousness, before holding it out. ]

This is the real gift.

[youraffection]

[ Yosuke sighs. His...silly, but wonderful Yu.

Then, blinks. He knows Yu had said there was another gift, but now he's not sure what to expect. So he reaches out, carefully turning what appears to be a small box in his hands. ]

Is it also covered in cats?

[ Joking. Mostly.

Mostly.

But it's not covered in cats, he finds out, as he opens the box slowly and--

--is that...what he thinks it is? ]

...Yu?

[covenantal]

[ It sure is a ring.

Yu lifts a hand to rub the back of his neck, glancing away. ]

When we met, I noticed you wore a ring. So I thought I'd ...

[ ... ]

Is it too much?

[youraffection]

[ It's--

--It's a really awesome looking ring, is what it is. But the implications of getting a ring from one's S.O. isn't at all lost on Yosuke. He knows that Yu is a very sentimental person...and honestly, he can totally see Yu being the kind of guy who'd buy his girlfriend jewelry, and the occasional ring is or necklace is usually all that Yosuke does wear... ]

I...

[ Yosuke gulps, eyes darting back between Yu's face and the ring. ]

It's--it's really cool, dude.

[ Maybe Yu doesn't mean it that way--he can't, right? He's just--being thoughtful Yu and totally nailing Yosuke's aesthetic. ]

A ring just makes me think--

[ Don't say it!! ]

[covenantal]

[ HE KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN THIS WAS A MISTAKE ]

No, no! No, that's not what I-- that is, I just thought it suited you. It's ... we're only teenagers, [ he murmurs with an embarrassed huff.

(The idea that Yosuke might guess at his domestic bliss daydreams is pretty mortifying.) ]

[youraffection]

[ HE SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING!! He's totally overthinking it again and now he's going to make it super weird, isn't he? ]

N-No! I mean--

[ GAH! ]

--y-yeah! We're just really young and, uh--

[ Let him die now. ]

It's--it's really cool! I mean it. It's totally me! So it's--um...

[ Yosuke forces himself to look down at the ring, shutting himself up. Then, after a contemplative moment, he carefully takes it from the box and slides it on the...index finger of his right hand. You know. An ambiguous finger. ]

[covenantal]

[ UHHHHHHHHHHHHH

wait so is the only problem with the implication of a ring the fact that they're too young as in--

would Yosuke be, like--

open to it otherwise?

Yu has to clear his throat, feeling like he wants to sink into the ground and disappear. But then Yosuke puts the ring on, and Yu can't help admiring it. Softly: ]

It looks good on you.

[youraffection]

[ This is so embarrassing. But, at the same time, now that he's got it on, it...

It's kind of nice thinking he can have something of Yu with him wherever he goes? Gah, that's so cheesy. ]

Y-Yeah...

[ He laughs awkwardly, looking up to catch Yu's gaze and appearing suddenly a little out of breath. ]

I guess you've got good taste, huh?

[youraffection]

[ Yosuke listens, quietly and attentively. None of these things ring a bell beyond the bits and pieces his friends have shared with him, unfortunately, so he can't offer Yu much comfort in answers...

...So, instead he scoots a little closer, leaning in to rest his chin on the other boy's shoulder. ]

Well, maybe you came back and we figured out who it was?