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[... Oh. Tsukasa was hoping to learn a lot about this Yu, of course, but this is...

He blinks, tilting his head a little as he thinks on that, slowly processing the words. He recognizes, it of course. Recognizes the tone and adoration and depth of feeling. It's how he would talk about WonderlandsxShowtime, about Rui and Nene and Emu. Yosuke does love Yu, and whether it's platonic or not doesn't really matter to Tsukasa.

What matters is that someone Yosuke loves so much is trapped somewhere deeper in this maze. Of course... it must be incredibly painful. It must hurt.]

Ah, I see... it is no wonder you were the one picked to save him, then.

[Rather than it being a case of "no wonder Yu is the one in Yosuke's shard", it's the other way around, isn't it? No wonder Yosuke is the one who could be trusted to save Yu from whatever this purgatory maze is.]

It sounds like you know him nearly as well as you know yourself.

[ for what it's worth he is in fact still wearing yu's watch, so maybe that puts some things into context.

but hm? he looks surprised, actually. ]

... maybe, yeah. [ he's too startled by having it phrased that way to even argue. ] But yeah, I mean... we're partners. He knows everything about me. [ ... ] He's my best friend, and I miss him, and I probably know him better than I know myself by now.

[It sure does. Tsukasa's single brain cell looking at all of those and starting to put together the romantic pieces.]

Then there isn't anything to worry about.

[He straightens a little (only a little, though, because it's warm like this and he is cold) to give Yosuke the most confident grin he can muster.]

You will get him back, and on your way back home with him, you can regale him many tales of derring-do and perseverance as you do!

[ yanks him back down because bitch it's cold. ]

Yeah. We'll get all of 'em back. Buuut maybe there's some details we can leave out and keep just between those of us who were here.

[ didn't tsukasa just say he didn't want to tell saki some things? ]

[Yeah, he sure did, and he gets it. He just shoots Yosuke a ruefully understanding look. And also does not fight being yanked back down at all. Yes. Cozy. Warm.]

Yes, of course. We'll share the stories that make reasonable sense to share.

The ones that won't worry them.

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[ he pretends that he's not smug about being right and settles for warmth while munching on a piece of bacon. ]

That still counts. There's definitely some stories here that I think they'd like to hear, so I don't mind.

[Tsukasa has no intentions of telling Saki any of this at all but Tsukasa is. You know. Overprotective.

He just goes back to stuffing his face with pancakes.

Yum.]

Hmmm. Which ones?

[ overprotective brother... ]

Mostly the people we've met. I think my friends would like to hear about other friends, even if they might not believe me.

Huh? They might not?

[???]

But you have all been through so much together! Surely this all wouldn't be that strange with that in mind!

[ how do you tell your new friend that you are usually the butt of the joke of all of your other friends. ]

I think they'd be more surprised I made friends on my own, but not really. [ a shake of his head. ] I was just kidding though, don't worry about it.

[ this was not exactly a joke, but it's fine. ]

[Uhhh that doesn't sound entirely like a joke, Yosuke--]

Huh... but you have been nothing but friendly and warm the entire time I've known you here. It is only natural you would make plenty of friends.

[ ... adds another shortstack to tsukasa's plate to distract him. ]

Yeah. Yeah, you're probably right. But it's easy to be nice to people, you know? I don't see a reason not to be friendly when we're all stuck in the same situation.

[... Yeah, he's distracted by it. Thanks. He'll start to cut that into pieces to eat.]

Well, yes, exactly!

[yum yum yum]

So you are the sort of person who makes friends easily. At least, I would assume so.

[ good. anyway he still doesn't have the heart to disagree with him, so he will let tsukasa think whatever he wants. ]

I like talking to people and getting to know them. It's easy if you're open to listening to them. But I get that it's not that way for other people. [ a shrug. you do what you can. ]

[Huh. That is true. Still...]

I imagine things haven't been easy, given your circumstances.

[Friendly in a small town that already was predisposed to not like him and his family--]

But I think that you've retained that friendly demeanor is very admirable, Yosuke!

[ there's an awkward laugh he doesn't mean to let out which probably says enough. ]

They weren't. [ as much of a confession as he can give now. ] ... but thanks. That means a lot.

You have nothing to thank me for! I am simply sharing my opinion!

[He grins, and then it's his turn to shove some bacon onto Yosuke's plate.]

You be certain to eat as well, of course!

[Guess this is just what they're doing for their next hour or two until the effects wear off.]

Yeah, yeah. Don't have to tell me twice, dude.

[ enjoy your breakfast, dorks. goodbye thread. ]

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