(you can pm me here or on plurk if you'd like to beforehand, but also if you'd just like to drop something at my doorstep with no preamble please do!!)
[ Maruki repeats it softly beneath his breath, beneath Akira's further explanation. It must be a world much like this one, then. They've certainly been under attack before. But if it wasn't something Akira's might and his own couldn't overcome together, if Akira was so panicked upon seeing him...
No, the reality Akira came from must be even more dangerous and painful than he could imagine.
Maruki's brow creases as he considers it. What happened to the Maruki Takuto who was under siege with him, then? Is he still there, or was he thrown into his own world? Is his own heart breaking as he looks at a Kurusu Akira who doesn't remember a whole life they lived with one another?
It's an impossible situation, and that calls for an impossible solution.
Maruki draws a deep breath, steadying enough for both himself and hopefully Akira as well, as one hand reaches out to rest over his shoulder. ]
Kurusu-kun... you don't have to tell me more right now, or even soon. But over time, please... tell me as much as you can about that reality.
[ His smile is warm, reassuring, even as he says something he knows he has no control over. ]
The more I know, the more I can help you to get back to where you ought to be. Right? I will. I promise.
The more I know, the more I can help you to get back to where you ought to be.
I understand that I have to earn that, and I will.
He answers because there's something within him that will always rise to answer.]
Alright.
[There will always be twenty-three strings of fate, no matter how much one of them is worn and fraying by Akira's own failure.]
It's a deal, then.
[As helpless as he is to the words that come from his own mouth, he's helpless to the hand that raises to rest on the one holding his shoulder.]
I'll tell you. [Not everything.] Not- Not today. But I'll tell you what I learned. [If I have my way, you'll never know about your blood on my hands.] If there's more than one thing dragging us into different realities... we should compare what we know. There might be a lot we can figure out, if we put our heads together.
[And maybe, maybe one day-
Maybe even if he can never atone for what he's done-
-maybe he'll still find a way to be worthy of walking at this Maruki Takuto's side.]
...We should get out of here, for now. You can catch me up to speed on whatever you feel comfortable sharing as we go.
[And no matter how fast, no matter how slow Maruki walks-
Akira will always be just behind him like a ghost or bit of smoke right out of an urban legend, haunting him alive.]
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sobs we can wrap this one up as well i think......
[ Maruki repeats it softly beneath his breath, beneath Akira's further explanation. It must be a world much like this one, then. They've certainly been under attack before. But if it wasn't something Akira's might and his own couldn't overcome together, if Akira was so panicked upon seeing him...
No, the reality Akira came from must be even more dangerous and painful than he could imagine.
Maruki's brow creases as he considers it. What happened to the Maruki Takuto who was under siege with him, then? Is he still there, or was he thrown into his own world? Is his own heart breaking as he looks at a Kurusu Akira who doesn't remember a whole life they lived with one another?
It's an impossible situation, and that calls for an impossible solution.
Maruki draws a deep breath, steadying enough for both himself and hopefully Akira as well, as one hand reaches out to rest over his shoulder. ]
Kurusu-kun... you don't have to tell me more right now, or even soon. But over time, please... tell me as much as you can about that reality.
[ His smile is warm, reassuring, even as he says something he knows he has no control over. ]
The more I know, the more I can help you to get back to where you ought to be. Right? I will. I promise.
alrighty... lemme put a lil wrap on it..........
The more I know, the more I can help you to get back to where you ought to be.
I understand that I have to earn that, and I will.
He answers because there's something within him that will always rise to answer.]
Alright.
[There will always be twenty-three strings of fate, no matter how much one of them is worn and fraying by Akira's own failure.]
It's a deal, then.
[As helpless as he is to the words that come from his own mouth, he's helpless to the hand that raises to rest on the one holding his shoulder.]
I'll tell you. [Not everything.] Not- Not today. But I'll tell you what I learned. [If I have my way, you'll never know about your blood on my hands.] If there's more than one thing dragging us into different realities... we should compare what we know. There might be a lot we can figure out, if we put our heads together.
[And maybe, maybe one day-
Maybe even if he can never atone for what he's done-
-maybe he'll still find a way to be worthy of walking at this Maruki Takuto's side.]
...We should get out of here, for now. You can catch me up to speed on whatever you feel comfortable sharing as we go.
[And no matter how fast, no matter how slow Maruki walks-
Akira will always be just behind him
like a ghost or bit of smoke right out of an urban legend, haunting him alive.]