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Nope, it's definitely still too cute for you.

[But he doesn't yank it out because it really is too early to be a punk.

It's not too early to be a tsuntsun though WHICH IS WHAT NATURALLY FOLLOWS BECAUSE HE CAN'T! HANDLE YAMATO!!]

How can you say things like that with such a straight face? It's like a super power or something.

[RUDE.

Yamato would honestly argue about it just for the sake arguing, because we all know he doesn't care about this stuff that much, but he's too distracted by Kashuu's dumb tsun face to bother. He can't help but laugh, poking Kashuu in the cheek.]

It's just true! And it's not often I get to see you blush.

[YOUR EMBARRASSMENT GIVES HIM LIFE KASHUU

But that's enough of that, because apparently Kashuu's tsuntsun charged up his inner battery, so now that his hair's fixed, he grabs Kashuu's arm and tugs him out of the room.]

Come on, let's get going already!

[WHAT A PUNK!! Kashuu reaches out to slappyhands his hand away, but lets himself be tugged out of the room anyway. An energetic Yamato is a cute Yamato... sometimes. Sometimes it just makes him want to die.]

Try being this energetic when you first wake up, why don't you? Save me the trouble of having to deal with you when you're half asleep.

[HUFFS AND PUFFS and grabs the beach bag he'd set up earlier with everything they both need that Yamato would probably foolishly forget if left to his own devices.]

[Yeah yeah TSUN HARDER, KASHUU, YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYBODY.

Luckily Yamato's either too oblivious to tease, or he just doesn't care about Kashuu sad attempts at tsunning, because he's quick to slip into his shoes and bounce impatiently on the balls of his feet. Will he let go once they're outside or will he just keep on dragging Kashuu around like this until they get to the beach, only time will tell...]

Don't wake me up so early all the time then! [He says, as if he's ever not a zombie regardless of the time of day it is.] Or we could go to the beach more often, I guess.

[Now that it's warmer... the outdoors are a pretty strong incentive for pompoms, after all.]

[Does it count if he successfully fools himself!!]

You'd get tired of going to the beach if we went more often.

[Maybe he's thinking of himself, though. ANYWAY after adjusting the bag and making sure to lock the door behind him, AWAY HE GOES... He doesn't bother trying to shake free of Yamato's grasp if he's still clinging, so if he doesn't let go, apparently they're just walking to the beach this way.]

[NO.]

I would not.

[Yes he would, Yamato is a lying liar who lies, but it's fine.

And if being a barnacle is also fine, then yep, they sure are heading to the beach just like this. Yamato generally isn't a tactile person, but there are a select few people that he turns to when clingy tendencies emerge. Kashuu is the lucky winner of the brunt of his physical attention, so here they are...

The trip all the way through Tisse might be a long one to other people, but Yamato visits home fairly often, so it's easy to navigate the shortcuts and side streets he's grown up with, chattering away now that he's wide awake. Once they're close enough to hear the calling of sea birds, he slows a little, glancing at Kashuu.]

Do you want to stop by mom's for anything first? She probably has snacks or something.

[He sure didn't look through the bag before they left, Kashuu could have a severed foot in there for all he knows.]

[Just ROLLING HIS EYES because he knows he's right...

But AWAY THEY GO ON AN AMIABLE WALK. He gives Yamato a look when he poses that question, raising the bag up a little.]

We don't need snacks, I brought some along with us. I brought water and sunscreen, too.

[Good thing Kashuu is prepared because Yamato sure isn't.]

[LOOK... look. Who needs to be prepared, it's a beach, not a deserted island!!]

Oh, that was smart. [WHY DOES HE SOUND SURPRISED.] Good, then you don't get to hide under the umbrella the whole time!

[HE SURE IS BEAMING guess what Kashuu you sure are gonna get wet now]

Um, no. The sunscreen is just for extra protection. Don't you know you can get burned in the time it takes you to walk down the street and buy a latte?

[Why does he know these things... ALSO--]

Don't sound so surprised, either!

Just walk faster!

[LOGIC.

And look!! This is an impromptu trip, okay, how was he supposed to know the level of preparation Kashuu put into it? But if Kashuu really does have everything they need, then there's no need for detours--which is good, because he's just caught a flash of blue between two buildings, so OFF THEY GO.]

Let's give it something to protect, then, come on! [YOINK]

[GOD DAMMIT YAMATO there go his flipflops, flying off into oblivion as soon as they hit the sand... Good thing preparation for prom and the early timing has made the beach pretty much deserted so he's not too worried about them getting stolen but still.]

Geez, slow down—! The ocean's not going anywhere!

[AT LEAST GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO PUT THE BAG DOWN. Fortunately at this hour, the sand isn't scorching yet, either...]

[BYE FLIP-FLOP FELICIAS!!!! It's definitely a good thing they got here relatively early, though, since Yamato definitely would've dragged him onto burning hot sand and they would've had Many Regrets.

Still, even though it's not scorching, the sun is out, so sunscreen should probably be a thing... even though it's unlikely he'll get burned, and even though he sure isn't anywhere near as paranoid as Kiyomitsu "THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZER" Kashuu, he remembers getting scolded by his mother far too many times to skip out on that important step. So even though he wants to go diving straight into the shallow waves, he sighs dramatically, slowing down.]

Well hurry up, we're going to miss out on all the prettiest shells. [Because they'll all be taken by the children who are actually children, not 21.]

Don't worry, don't worry. We've got plenty of time. Shirt up.

[OUT THE SUNBLOCK COMES after he sets the bag down on the sand. He'll go get his boots boot shoes shoe later...

But of course even going to the beach is a struggle, and somewhere between squirting some lotion into his palm and smacking it rudely against Yamato's back, he pauses, remembering a whole assload of stupidity at once.]

[OF COURSE. But where earlier he'd been able to notice the look on Kashuu's face, this time, he freezes too. It's strange, though--aside from the memory of Kashuu fixing his hair, this is the first time anything he's seen has been, well... normal.

It's almost creepier than the monsters and blood, honestly.

Dazed, he shakes his head a little, rubbing his eyes like that'll help with anything.]

Weird...

—You, too?

[Well, that's a first. He's heard of some other people remembering things around the same time because they're having a conversation, or one person talking and triggering memories in the other, but neither of them had even been doing anything unusual.]

Yeah... [Weird!! Sure, he has no trouble talking about how happy it makes him, thinking about the fact that they've apparently been side by side for multiple lives, but seeing it simultaneously is still...] What did you see?

Going to the beach, which is just stupid.

[He doesn't need to remember a fun day at the beach before he has a fun day at the beach!! Though there were more than just the two of them in the memory, even if he can't recall anyone else...]

—I also remember where I got that shell from. D'you remember it? The little one that showed up months ago? You gave it to me.

[Yamato wouldn't personally call it stupid, but then, he's the one who's all about nostalgia, so of course he wouldn't. More than what he'd seen, right now, he's intrigued by how he'd felt; the ocean is always beautiful, but he doesn't think he's ever experienced that level of awe before. Not in this life.]

I did? [Well, it was awfully pretty, so that's not really surprising.] Are you sure these aren't premonitions? What if I'm supposed to find it for you on the beach today?

I'm preeetty sure they're not.

[Mostly based on visions he's had that he distinctly hopes don't happen in the future... But on a less fingers-crossed note:]

There were other people there, but it's only us here.

Oh... that's true.

[And wouldn't be all that convincing, except that this is Yamato--a Yamato that desperately wants to believe what he's hearing, no less. He presses his lips together, glancing at Kashuu with a little lingering uncertainty.]

Did you recognize anybody?

I can't remember any of their faces clearly...

[Even after he pauses to think about it for a few seconds longer, it's no good. Mildly irritating, but he's kind of used to it by now, at least.]

Usually, you're the only one I remember.

Mm, me too.

[...Well, okay, to be fair--]

I did remember Izumi and Ryusei, but they were stupid so they don't count. [AS IF THE BEACH EPISODE MEMORIES JUST NOW WEREN'T STUPID but look, Yamato's biased, don't judge.]

Eh, seriously? What were those guys doing there?

[He's just assuming Yamato means at the beach and not that Yamato's been off having other flashbacks starring their dear comrades...]

Well, Ryusei got us in trouble with a bear, for one thing.

[CONTEXT, YAMATO except in this case he doesn't have any, that's literally all he knows??]

Why a bear?! Why was a bear even at the beach!

[HE STILL THINKS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BEACH little does he know their shenanigans span 1000000 years and places...]

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