Yu just keeps on shoving, and he'll straight up wrestle Souji if he has to, okay, he'll pin his brother to the couch for this transgression against his composure. But he's also grinning and laughing freely, because Souji is a big fat stupid jerk who somehow always knows how to cheer him up!! ]
Shut up!
[ He's not normally this free with anybody, ever, but with Souji, it's okay. He's blushing and grinning and ... for the moment, happy.
And he'll also muss Souji's hair up if he can reach it. ]
He speaks without thinking and he complains all the time, and all our puns drive him crazy and he never does his schoolwork...
[ breathless, but lit up from within. ]
But he's compassionate and reliable, and he knows me, and he still wants ... to be my friend. He told me that... it's hard for him to believe people weren't crazy about me. [ That gets a laugh of a different kind, sort of hiccupy and disbelieving. Anyone being "crazy about" him is still almost impossible to believe, after a lifetime of loneliness.
Yosuke is crazy about him, though.
Yu's energy and boisterousness fades, but there's no less warmth in him. It's just a quieter happiness now, a smile that makes the corners of his eyes crinkle. ]
Does this mean if I give myself a papercut right now that you'll be able to heal it for me?
[ brb finding some nice paper to do this and then barge into Ardyn's home to get it healed for free. Haha, suck it, American healthcare. His uncle can heal FOR FREE ]
However! A disclaimer: This is NOT permission for you to find ways to harm yourself, or otherwise become more reckless because you know you have an uncle who can heal.
[The papercut thing is fine! Because it's so small! But let's not start a trend, Souji.]
I'm not too sure. I've sometimes gotten memories of eating strange things out of a fridge after also eating weird things irl but I've also gotten memories while doing nothing at all. σ(・・〃)
Maybe we should test this. I can eat weird things and you can paint or build another Kanpla?
[ Souji laughs as Yu wrestles him against the couch and messes up his hair. He resorts to just holding onto Yu's wrists and trying to pull them away from him. Don't make him bring out the tickle machine. He will bring out the tickling if he must, but as Yu settles down towards the end of it, Souji loosens his grip on Yu's wrist. He... feels happy for Yu. There's this warmth inside him, knowing that his brother feels this way about someone else and that someone makes him this happy. After all that they've been through, he's glad that his brother seems to be catching a break.]
Then let's make him know.
[ Said with this sort of determination behind it. ]
You should give him something or take him out somewhere as a token of your appreciation, to say that you value him.
[ He reaches into his messenger bag and pulls out a small bag of jerky. ]
I've brought some treats to lure him out with, so we're good to go. [ Souji has a few more things in his bag as well to handle stray cats, so he's ready. ] Where did you last see him?
[ ... whoops, Souji immediately understands the implication of asking that question and he's gotta BACKTRACK ]
--No, I meant I was asking because I didn't fit into the one in my memory. Mine was one of those small TVs so only my head and arm got through. That's all.
[She chuckled a little when she saw the jerky and nodded while leading the way towards the park.] Oooh, that isn't a bad idea. I last saw him over this way, by the bus stop a few days ago, when we were small. He often lurks in this area.
oh! and how about just talking about things that happen in a kanpla anime? it'd def help in figuring out what kind of character my past/future self is, i think?
[ Pretty much immediately Yu locks up all over again. Not as completely as one might expect - his expression stays relatively open. But his whole body tenses at Souji's suggestion, and a slight uncertain frown tugs at his mouth. He'll end up sitting back again, moving out of Souji's space.
He clearly doesn't think that's a good idea. Like, at all. Still, after a quiet moment, he'll try: ]
I'd never throw you "quite far" even if I could. Unlike the cats you're so fond of, I'm not certain if you'd be able to land in such an elegant manner, and I'd hate to injure you.
It might. You're not suffering from one of those now, are you?
Some questions. They may sound odd. Don't worry if you cannot answer them.
1) Have any of your hallucinomemories included me, Yukiko Amagi, Yosuke Hanamura, your brother Yu, or a girl named Chie Satonaka? 2) Have you ever heard of the "midnight channel"? 3) Do you have any memories of going inside a television or a world enveloped in fog?
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