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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...]

--Huh?!

[SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE PEANUT...]

No, not at the beach! This was a different one, different! [KEEP UP KASHUU even though he never specified BUT STILL]

Wait, are you saying that guy was in some random other memory with bears and this one?

[BE MORE CLEAR YAMATO he's tired and also wondering why that punk is possibly featuring in Yamato's visions multiple times when Yamato is pretty much the only person he remembers from his own.]

No way, why would I ever go to the beach with that guy?!

[YAMATO STOP...]

I don't even know if the bear thing was a real memory or if he just did some kind of creepy black magic to give me the same dream he had or what... [Now he's really not making any sense YAMATO SHUT UP]

[He just literally goes UGH out loud and rolls his eyes at that... Just admit you used to be friends, Yams!!]

I don't think that's how it works, Yasu. If you remember something 'cause someone else told you about it, it's prooobably 'cause you were in the memory, too.

[No voodoo black magic involved. Probably.]

["USED TO BE" IS THE KEY PHRASE HERE.]

But it doesn't make any sense! Why would I ever go to the mountains with him alone? Even in that memory he almost got us killed by a bear!

[Still maintaining that Ryusei is the one who got them involved with the stupid bear in the first place...]

Who knows? None of these things really make sense. I mean, some people are remembering things like dragons or whatever, yeah?

[AND HERE YAMS IS, stuck on the notion that he went hiking with Ryusei.]

Dragons would be more realistic.

[actual child Yasusada Yamato

ANYWAY--]

It's mostly you, though. I hear voices and I almost saw someone else's face once, but that's all so far.

[Maybe he would've, but he was busy almost getting shanked.]

Maybe it's just 'cause you see me so much? I know other people who trigger each other's memories just by talking about the same things, so... maybe it's something like that.

[Or maybe it's because they've just been stuck together for TEN THOUSAND YEARS.]

[YEAH HE'S THINKING THE SAME THING HONESTLY.]

Maybe, but I had to have seen you a lot during that lifetime, or whatever it is, too. Right? If we weren't together all the time, then I wouldn't have so many memories of you.

[Which, even if they're not very pleasant memories, still makes him smile brightly.]

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