[ He remembers what the date was yesterday, and he knows what it is today. She doesn't need to tell him, but maybe it would help it seem more real if she did.
Yusuke's hands clench and unclench in his lap, uncomfortable with the topic of people being gone. She could have let him ease into it, but Futaba just had to bring it up... ]
I know. I looked.
[ He lets the words sit for a moment, while a lump grows in his throat. He wants to coil in on himself and handle his grief in solitude, the way he used to before this world, before the Phantom Thieves. But letting his emotions overcome him in an unfamiliar room, around a bunch of strangers, sounds even worse than having to share them. ]
[She says it quietly as she moves to join him, sinking into spot on the mattress beside him. She could have had more tact, bringing that up, but her own loss was still a little raw. Her emotions frayed at the edges--what a pair they made.
She leans against his side, reaching for one of his hands.]
[ He takes her hand at once, squeezing tight and swallowing hard, even though the gesture threatens to unravel him. Looking for him is the first thing he did, and it's a comfort that Futaba knows that, but just a drop in the bucket compared to not finding him. After everything they'd been through together, all the love they'd shared, for him to wake up nine months later and have him be gone...
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Date: 2019-08-23 01:46 am (UTC)Yusuke's hands clench and unclench in his lap, uncomfortable with the topic of people being gone. She could have let him ease into it, but Futaba just had to bring it up... ]
I know. I looked.
[ He lets the words sit for a moment, while a lump grows in his throat. He wants to coil in on himself and handle his grief in solitude, the way he used to before this world, before the Phantom Thieves. But letting his emotions overcome him in an unfamiliar room, around a bunch of strangers, sounds even worse than having to share them. ]
Come sit with me.
[ Please. ]
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Date: 2019-08-23 02:40 am (UTC)[She says it quietly as she moves to join him, sinking into spot on the mattress beside him. She could have had more tact, bringing that up, but her own loss was still a little raw. Her emotions frayed at the edges--what a pair they made.
She leans against his side, reaching for one of his hands.]
I knew you would have looked...I would have too.
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Date: 2019-08-25 08:25 pm (UTC)It's numbing. ]
What am I supposed to do now?