(closed) how the most dangerous thing is to love

[invinciblemikey]

Who: yu, yosuke, mikey
Where: around aldrip
What: gnosia plot!
Warnings: violence, profanity, murder-related content

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(closed to yu) see life as a worthy opponent

[invinciblemikey]

u and yosuke.

you two okay?

[izanagis]

We should talk in person.

[Because the answer is no, things are most definitely not okay, and he needs to see how far it goes.]

Can I meet you at the dojo?

[invinciblemikey]

shit. okay, sure.

i'm in the kitchen.

[izanagis]

[ ✅ Read. ]

[Yu arrives promptly about ten minutes later, and knocks lightly on the doorframe to announce his presence. Then, he steps inside.

... It's not lost on him, what happened the last time he was here, in this doorway. His body's refusal to cross the threshold. Have things changed so much in the weeks since that moment? Is it the urgency of this situation that has pushed the experience out of his mind? He can't say for sure; he may never be able to sort it out. But there's no hesitation.]

You're alright?

[Yu certainly is, at least physically. His expression is markedly worried, though, as he looks Mikey over.]

[invinciblemikey]

(uncertainty is strange, but what is stranger is this newfound honesty they're growing. even if he was the one who suggested that they hide nothing, part of him still gets a little perplexed when he sees that face on yu. the tea he had been brewing is poured in two yunomi, because it seems like yu could use some comforting.)

I'm fine, (he says as he hands one of the cups, taking a sip of his own,) what's going on? Where's Yos?

[izanagis]

[The expression fixed on his face speaks to the seriousness of the situation; Yu can handle a lot, and he can tackle it all with a certain amount of calm. This is clearly something that's rattled him deeply. He takes the cup, but doesn't move to drink it, thoughtfully tracing the rim with a thumb instead. The hardest part of this might be how to explain it, after all.]

He's... [Here, Yu hesitates, searching for the words.] Have you seen anyone affected by this "infection?"

[There's some reluctance in his tone as he continues, not because he's afraid to speak but because he deeply, desperately doesn't want to be right:] ... I think Yosuke has it.

[invinciblemikey]

No, I haven't seen it yet.

(whether yosuke does have it or not - the sheer idea would definitely cause that look on yu's face. the quietness in his voice. he worries, too - not only physically, but if the thing is as bad as the whole thing sounds, yosuke might find himself filling shoes he definitely doesn't want to fill.

lack of control is a bitch, after all, and he knows that after everything that they've all been through, thanks to yours truly, it leaves a scar that is too deep to heal completely. he sips as he paces, taking yu by the hand so he can come and sit down for a second.)

First of all, I'm a Doctor, whatever the fuck that means. So, we can somehow-- god knows how, heal Yosuke, if it really is like that. Calm down and talk to me. Where is he?

[izanagis]

[He's wordless as he allows himself to be tugged to a chair, quietly sitting, thinking. If. If Yosuke is infected. It's a comforting thought. And if he's being really honest, Yu doesn't have any evidence that this is the case at all; a few strange looks when Yosuke thought he wasn't looking, a strange, restless energy in the way he moves... It's little more than a theory.

But his gut has been right about things like this before.]

He's at home. I didn't want him to know I suspected something.

[invinciblemikey]

(he doesn't know, of course. he hasn't seen yosuke, he's been... hesitant, in a way. all this time, he has wanted to make sure yu was fine, first. knowing how attached yosuke is, he's well within his rights to not want to look at manjiro in the face as is.

perhaps he should have waited a little less, so he could either ease or confirm yu's theories.)

That's fair. What did you get on your tablet?

... And do you have... Any clues on how am I supposed to heal anyone? As far as me and this place are concerned, I'm very much the opposite.

to yosuke - after

[invinciblemikey]

i wanna talk to you. would you see me?

[garbagecanned]

I dont want to hear I told you so

[invinciblemikey]

but i haven't told you shit.

[garbagecanned]

not YET

[invinciblemikey]

i wasnt gonna say shit. only in my head.

i didnt come to talk to you so far because i didnt want to come and see you before yuchin n i were better. it isn't cuz i dont care about u or some other crazy shit u probably think cuz u weird

that said if there's anyone who knows what you feel, that person is me. im here to help and check on u not tell u i told u whatever the fuck i ain't even say.

[garbagecanned]

i wasnt thinking any crazy shit i didnt want to see you either

[there's a long silence, and his chest squeezes. the things he'd thought and done... while dying had been traumatizing enough, this was somehow worse. attempting -- and succeeding, in one case -- was even worse than dying.]

im just really tired, mikey.

[invinciblemikey]

i know. im bringing u food.

we dont have to talk. i just want to be close.

[garbagecanned]

why?

[he still doesn't really understand it.]

to yu, aftermath

[invinciblemikey]

our condition to being around each other again was to be honest, wasn't it?

fuck you. told you i'd be mad.

[izanagis]

I said no guarantees.

[invinciblemikey]

im still mad. can i not be saved via sacrifice sometimes or is that too much to ask

[izanagis]

There's a world of difference between a sacrifice and a block, Mikey.

If I thought I'd get hurt from it, I would have found a different way to protect you.

[invinciblemikey]

yosuke was not the only one gnosia-ed.

you could have protected someone else from dying, or yourself, if you got into more trouble later on. i sure did after i left you guys.

(does he mean dying? yep.)

[izanagis]

He was the one who was there. And so were you.

[... a beat.]

Mikey. What happened?

[invinciblemikey]

and if someone tried to kill him after that? then what?

(goddamn this HONESTY PROMISE)

went to see a friend. ended up dead. it's fine.

don't worry about it. i'm not mad or anythin

[izanagis]

Then I fight. Like I do.

Dead? Mikey
What
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[congrats you have made him literally speechless for once, give him a second]

... Are you okay?