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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]

[ 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.

[youraffection]

[ Why...does that feel like a cop-out? Yu is generally a quiet person, but Yosuke feels like he's suddenly fifty feet away. ]

Yeah...thanks.

[ Should he push it? ]

You seem kinda out of it.

[covenantal]

[ The best definition of strength that Yu knows is to hide his pain and carry on.

So that's what he'll do.

He'll shake his head slowly, huffing through his nose. ]

I'm fine. I was a little freaked out, but that's probably not unusual after remembering something like a hospital visit. Really, I should be asking if you're alright. I dropped this on you pretty suddenly.

[youraffection]

Yeah...

[ He's..still not entirely sure what he should be thinking, actually. Yu wanted to talk to him about this in person, and then--well...he supposes it is a concerning memory, but he's got so few details, he's not sure which parts he should be worried about. ]

I'm...confused, I guess? I haven't been seeing things like everyone else has, but...why would you remember that? Is someone sick? Or hurt? Are we supposed to make sure someone doesn't get hurt?

[covenantal]

[ His expression clouds again, though nowhere near so bad as just a few minutes ago. Yu braces his elbows on the table, loosely lacing his fingers in front of his mouth. ]

I don't know. Is there a rhyme or reason to it? [ A pause, and, very slowly: ] I think... there was something we were trying to protect.

[youraffection]

[ Yosuke reaches out and takes a drink from his cup, letting the taste of sugary coffee soothe his growing nerves a little bit. He doesn't answer until he sets it down, keeping his hands on the cup for warmth. ]

In a hospital...if it's not a person, I wonder what it was?

[covenantal]

[ His brow furrows. ]

... I think it wasn't a person in danger, but multiple people. Maybe... many people?

[ A pause. ]

I don't know. Without context it's difficult to piece together what we were talking about and why. I just know there was an urgent sense that we had to do something to keep other people from getting hurt.

[youraffection]

People...

[ He's not sure what to make of this. ]

I wonder...if this means we'll remember things about this too? Maybe that would help figure out what's really going on.

[covenantal]

... I'm not sure if I should hope for that or not.

[ Softly concerned. Was there something they had to do? To fix? The sense of urgency was undeniable. He wants to know more, but at the same time, what ... will knowing more do? ]

Yosuke, if you do remember anything else, tell me, alright?

[youraffection]

[ Yosuke sighs then nods. ]

Yeah, of course. It's not like I'm seeing a bunch of stuff like you guys, though.

[covenantal]

Maybe that's a good thing?

[ With a ghost of a crooked smile before he shakes his head. ]

I don't really know. I don't like that all we can do is wait and see.

[youraffection]

Yeah...I guess you're right.

[ There's a pause as he looks at his friend seriously. ]

Not much we can do about it now, but...thanks for telling me.