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[He'd called that morning, just like he's been calling every day. There's little else he can do other than work on things from the outside. He's too close to the case and far too bias.

Whatever Hinata had been doing before that moment, Komaeda invites him to walk through the mental space he'd crafted yet again. The night sky stretches over their heads with the familiar earth stars glittering in the heavens. A soft cool wind whispers through the grassy hills, carrying with it the familiar scents of wet grass and damp sand. In the distance, the waves crash against the sand.

Just like the last time Komaeda sits on a blanket, by a camp fire with a mug of steaming tea in his hands. He looks up at Hinata's approach and smiles faintly.] Hey.

I don't have much to report. I just wanted to see you.

[ It's too strange to hear the waves -- as unreal as they are -- in his head as Hinata decides to sit next to him, adjusting his tie. ]

It's fine if you don't, because... I do. It's nothing in related to the murder. It's just that I remembered a little bit more about my time in Hope's Peak.

[ A beat, as he finds himself hitching a breath. ] You remember the Twilight incident, don't you? Apparently I remembered Kuzuryuu's sister transferring into my class. I guess laying down in a prison cell does that to you.

[ He feels so... small and alone at times, honestly. ]

...you've been remembering little things. It's hardly surprising when you have time to think you'd remember more.

[He sets his mug down.] ...if she was transferred there then...

[Komaeda scrubs at his temples. The reserve course. There's a lot to that that isn't making sense but this...Kuzuryuu's sister is an Ultimate. Wasn't she? He shakes his head as faintly he has a sense of something.

A burn to his senses so sharp and bright, it was like he had been on fire. It had felt so g- He jerks his head up and slaps his cheeks once.]

Ahaha, I feel like the memoryloss is coming undone.

Did.... something happen, Komaeda?

[ He looks at him with a rather questionable look, worried. Did he remember something? And does he want to talk about it? ]

[It's actually a good thing Hinata had called him by his last name. He might have had an issue otherwise.]

...I remember Hanamura's cooking. And Saionji pouring...his 'special' soup into our lunch.

[His face turns bright red and he looks the other direction.] We all ate it not knowing this...including our teacher.

Special soup?

[ He pauses and then proceeds to ask: ]

Wait. Nagito-- [ Let's try this first name thing again as he leans in close to look directly at him. ] Was... Nanami there? Since you mentioned 'we'.

Y-yes. Hajime, it was a soup laced with aphrodisiacs.

[Kill him now. He leans back a bit. Hinata is very attractive and very close. He exhales hard. Focus.]

She punched him out.

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. . .

[ And now he's just imagining it. But of course it doesn't help that since they're already in a mindscape that Komaeda can probably sense or tell exactly what he's thinking. ]

S-So, I guess that confirms that there's another Nanami that's... not the one that's here.

[Komaeda swallows hard. Hinata needs to stop thinking about that scenario. He suppresses a shiver and laughs quietly.] Yes.

Yes it does. You picturing that is really distracting. Not that I mind.

W-W-Wait, you saw that?!

[ He wants to curse under his breath and he feels his face turning a bright red under the pressure, especially with Komaeda's low voice. Ugh, how annoying. ]

Hajime, you didn't exactly hide it.

[He looks away to compose himself. Once they get four months...almost five now of that kind of tension he imagines this easy to rile up will go away. Maybe.]

...a-anyway, doesn't it feel like our memory recovery is speeding up?

Shut up! I didn't know you could see that...!

[ If he knew, he would have tried to hide it. Alas. ]

Y-Yeah. Do you think it's... weird? That it is.

It's a little strange. [To put it mildly, he thinks as he leans so he's right up against Hinata. He's tempted to kiss him. He hasn't gotten to do that all day.]

We don't know what effect this world has on what was done to make us forget. It could very well be the connection to the Arehtei or even our progression as Dunamis wielders that is doing this to us! I don't know.

I'm a little terrified. I know what I was like as Servant! ...I'm not sure I want to know why I shattered and was remade into that. He made wars all for the sake of trying to craft that hope he so desired. But it had to be birthed by his hand!

He was a selfish, callous, pathetically drenched in despair man who gave very little damn beyond that. I'm not even sure he knew he was broken. ...but I won't be that. Even if all of you disappeared, [He climbs into Hinata's lap and wraps his arms around his neck.]

I will never be him.

[...]

Nagito. I don't think I ever told you this, but -- [ Correct him if he's wrong. Like, seriously, go sore wa chigau yo on his ass. ] You know how it was supposed to erase our memories? It. . . didn't erase mine. Not really.

[ He just simply repressed it all. ]

But... I know. You won't. And I'm not going to disappear.

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I won't let you disappear. [He'd joke but this is serious. Komaeda leans in, his breath fanning over Hinata's mouth. In a whisper he breathes,]

I told you. I will always come for you. No matter where you went, I'd find a way to bring you back or follow you. Nanami would be right behind me. Haha, I'm sorry. [He smiles, and places Hinata's hands on his hips.]

Both of your partners are crazy. I think you're the only sane one here! Unless you're as mad as we are. Oh well, you love us anyway, right?

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She won't be behind you, Nagito -- she'll be right next to you.

[ That is, if he did disappear. He doubts it, however. ]

But you're not crazy. Nanami isn't crazy, either. You're just an idiot.

[ Hence why he'll lean in close to press his lips on Koameda's for a quick, chaste kiss. ]

[The faint tension in Komaeda's shoulders eases. He tastes like Hinata - Male, healthy, and his - he's getting so used to that taste he'd know it anywhere.]

You drive me crazy sometimes.

[He kisses him again, nipping at his bottom lip with a purr. He misses this happening in person, but he'll take anything he can get at this point. He knows they both need it.]

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