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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]

[ He's not sure what to expect, but he knows it isn't good. "Something happened to her." But that doesn't mean finality, does it? At least, until...

I thinks he died.

He thinks back to what Yu said before, about a hospital, and...

Is this...connected?

He stops, just holding onto his bike. Someone important. Someone he should know. Someone who died, someone who might have been killed. He has to think about it. It's difficult when there's a weight to this knowledge, but no real face or familiarity to connect it to. The simple human reaction to the information is sad, knowing there's a loss even if he doesn't know the person. But he should know the person, right?

Someone important to him... ]

I--

[ Yosuke blinks, shaking himself out of it. He hadn't realized how hard he was gripping the handles to his bike, knuckles almost white. Yosuke relaxes his grip as he looks up, catching Yu's gaze. ]

--I mean...yeah. She's not someone I know, or at least I don't now, so...I don't know how to feel.

[covenantal]

[ Once Yosuke stops, so does Yu, of course. He'll lift a hand to gently squeeze his best friend's shoulder, continuing to watch him with concern, but he doesn't say anything further until Yosuke's had a chance to voice his thoughts.

It doesn't escape his notice, the way Yosuke was gripping his bike's handles. ]

... yeah. I'm sure that'd feel pretty confusing. If you do you remember something about her, come tell me, okay? I'll be here for you whenever you need it.

[ ... ]

There was ... one other name. [ He glances off to one side, troubled, and lets his hand fall from Yosuke's shoulder. ] From the memory I had a couple weeks ago. I think two people died. Saki, and... someone named Nanako.

[ The name means nothing to him right now. Still, somehow, saying it out loud, saying that "Nanako" was a person who died ... it makes something cold twist up his gut into a hard knot. ]

[youraffection]

[ Yu's hand on his shoulder does help ground him before his thoughts and all the whatifs and maybes run away with him. All he can do is nod. ]

Of course I will.

[ They're all in this together. And if they hadn't started sharing info with each other, they wouldn't have the picture that they do now. Yosuke is mostly frustrated that all his friends are seeing things he supposedly knows, but he doesn't.

He listens as Yu continues and notices the change in Yu's demeanor. He was pensive before, but there's something that makes Yu look more...dejected? ]

Nanako?

[ Yeah. There's something about that name, too. Why does he feel like he knows her...

Sitting around a low table, next to Yu (or was it Souji?) along with Yukiko, that girl Chie he's seen before, a tall blond guy, a girl with pigtails, and a little girl... ]

Nanako...

[ Yosuke shakes his head. ]

Why do we know people who died...? What's going on?

[covenantal]

I don't know who she is, either, [ he says very quietly in response to Yosuke's repetitions of her name. It disturbs him that he doesn't. It feels like a name he should know. It feels familiar in his mouth, in his mind... in his heart. Like a name that belongs.

It terrifies him to know, with certainty, that she died. Who was she to him? Was she anyone? She must have been someone. Otherwise Yosuke wouldn't have mentioned her when--

God. He still hasn't told Yosuke all the details of that memory. That Yosuke was advocating killing a man. He doesn't know how to say it. It seems too terrifying and awful to pin that horrible decision on his best friend without knowing more about how they arrived at such a dark place.

In the end his reply is simple, and hides many things. ]

I wish I knew. All we can do is ... wait. Wait for more visions, and see if we can figure out the truth.

[youraffection]

[ Thus far, Yosuke hasn't felt any...serious connection to these things. Maybe it's partially due to his own stubbornness, his refusal to accept them as anything but fabrications of a deranged and technologically powerful company. But even if he's able to keep them at an arm's length, he can't ignore how they're affecting the people he cares about.

He holds the bike steady with one hand, but the other reaches out to place a comforting hand on Yu's shoulder. ]

Waiting really sucks. [ With no one around to notice, he'll even go as far as leaning in to nudge Yu's cheek with his nose for a quick second. ] But we'll figure it out together. Okay?

[covenantal]

[ Yu huffs a sound that isn't quite a laugh through his nose, but a faint smile does quirk up his lips anyway. ]

Yeah. Together.

[youraffection]

[ Yosuke smiles gently in return and nods. ]

Good.

[ Now... ]

Hey, there's nothing better as a pick-me-up than to hit up downtown. You wanna great something to eat? It's on me.

[covenantal]

Spicy tuna,

[ he declares, firm and certain.

... guess they're getting spicy tuna. Somewhere. ]

[youraffection]

[ ...Ugh.

Tuna. Fish. Gross. ]

...Sushi it is.

[ Yosuke hates fish. But he'll do this for you, Yu. ]

There's a place downtown--conveyer belt style.

[ Aaaaand he can get, like, tamago and inari and stuff. ]

[covenantal]

We'll find you something without fish.

[ Brushes their hands together, smiling. ]

[youraffection]

Yeah, I'll find something.

[ He'll briefly give Yu's pinky a little tug before he decides to hop back on his bike. ]

C'mon, I'll drive.