(open & closed) broken hearts are made for two, one for me and one for you

[invinciblemikey]

Who: manjiro & you
Where: through aldrip for the month of april
What: it's the moment previous to his snapping, enjoy him semi-sane in here...
Warnings: violence, murder, dissociation, blood, more dissociation, ego death, existential shit thanks

i hope you make it out alive. ♪

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[memori3s]

...maybe.

[ Manjiro does have a point. Summoning quickly became second nature to Minato, to the point he'd forgotten to warn Sha-Ming about how he used his Evoker before calling upon a Persona. ]

I don't know how others like Yu and Akira gained their Personas, but I noticed we summon them in different ways.

[ Yu's manifested through a card. Akira looked like he was ripping a mask off his face. And then there's him and Kotone, forced to perform an action that mimicked death.

He shrugs. ]

...maybe that has something to do with it.

[invinciblemikey]

Ah. So you know about Yuchin. I wanted to tell you last time we were here, but it wasn't my thing to tell.

(that clears it, yeah. he doesn't really get it, but here he is. surrounded by persona users.)

I noticed that, too. Do you guys have at least someone you could have asked these things?

[memori3s]

[ Honestly, he would have benefited from asking Ikkutsuki a question or two upon being recruited into SEES. ]

We did, but he...

[ That man had played them all for fools. ]

...we were wrong to trust him.

[ On the other hand, Minato realizes it was on him for not asking anything when offered a spot in the group. ]

I guess I didn't care enough to ask.

[ He didn't care about much back then, really. ]

[invinciblemikey]

I was going to ask you if you care enough now, but maybe I should stop bugging your brain with these things.

(poor minato. he knows that he is a lot - manjiro, that is.)

[memori3s]

[ It's like 50-50, which, all things considered, is a massive improvement. ]

...It doesn't matter anymore.

[ It doesn't matter anymore: how Personas came to be, why it is that a handful of people from his world were able to harness their power. That information is no longer helpful. ]

[invinciblemikey]

Sure it does. It's learning for this time around.

(but he's not talking about the personas, naturally. he's talking about proactivity.)

Yo, do me a favor.

[memori3s]

[ Learning for this time around, huh... That does align with what someone else told him, to use this as an opportunity to do what he didn't in his past life.

No time to stew in thoughts though, not when Manjiro's about to ask something of him. Minato looks back at Manjiro, expectantly. ]

A favor?

[invinciblemikey]

Yea, a favor. Don't go talking about the whole me-taking-a-beating, ai't. Bad for morale.

(more like - bad for covering murder. he definitely has taken beatings in his life, several. the tin says invincible, not untouchable!!

that part he doesn't mind. it's the coincidence that bothers.)

[memori3s]

[ Well... He can certainly understand why someone might not want others to know they were jumped. It messes with street cred, or something. ]

Okay. I won't.

...is it because you don't want the others to worry?

[ Like Yu and Kotone, for one. ]

[invinciblemikey]

Yeah.

(it's not entirely a lie. it's not that surprising to know he was fighting around, but still, it's not something he just wants to put out there when he's already fucked in the head.

it'd make it worse.)

Thanks, Minatan.

[memori3s]

[ No worries. He can keep this a secret. That's what bros are for. ]

Mhm. No problem.

[ Consider his lips sealed. ]

[invinciblemikey]

I'll get going. Been out of home for a while, gon' be late for dinner and all. You should stop by and steal some. Great food.

(not made by him.)

[memori3s]

Maybe later.

[ He's gotta finish up with making sure the hot springs are spotless. ]

...be careful? Don't get into another fight on your way home.

[invinciblemikey]

Can't promise, it's kind of my whole life.

(but he's smiling. it doesn't particularly reach his eyes, it's just a worry soother. he always does that when he's emotionally suffering.

he's fine.)

[memori3s]

[ He doesn't need a promise. The acknowledgement that some form of effort will be made is more than enough for Minato.

The lack of light in Manjiro's eyes doesn't go unnoticed. ...something's up, but. He wants to trust Manjiro and leave it in his hands. Manjiro deserves at least that much from him. ]

You don't need to promise.

[ And as others have told Minato before: ]

As long as you try. That's good enough for me.

[invinciblemikey]

(this will probably be the last time he sees minato - with how mikey's making his moves to leave it all behind. to let the insatiable thirst of destruction take over, far, far away from the people he cares about.

the boy in front of him one of them. he'll stand to get to his bike, but once he comes near enough, his eyes look up to meet minato's for a second.)

I'm going to miss you.

(and that's all he will say before he hops onto the bike. goodbye, minato.)