[An old, old fear nestled deep in his chest pricks his heart immediately.
Akira never met Maruki in his reality. Now, almost a year out from what Maruki knows, he recognizes that the Conspiracy is even bigger than he'd ever thought.
How hard would it be, really, to suppress someone digging too far into cognitive psience?
And yet, Akira must still bury that fear even deeper. He can't kill it off, no matter how much he's tried, but he must bury it even further. Because too much of him wants to believe. In himself, in Maruki, in the bond that they've formed together here in this world... He can no longer imagine any reality where they weren't meant to meet. So even if Akira is afraid...]
I should be saying that to you, you know. The day that I met you, that the other me met you... I'm sure the way you saw him shocked him as much as it did me when I realized how easily you can see past the masks I put up.
But I will. There are so many people in Tokyo, and yet I somehow landed in the one place that would bring me close to the people I would grow to love. No matter how low the odds may seem, an improbability doesn't mean it's impossible.
I'll find you. Even if I don't remember. Even if takes a long time. Wherever you may be, I'll find you. I swear it.
[I'll find you again. No matter what.
Even if the only thing left for me is to weep over your grave, without even knowing why... I'll find you.]
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Akira never met Maruki in his reality. Now, almost a year out from what Maruki knows, he recognizes that the Conspiracy is even bigger than he'd ever thought.
How hard would it be, really, to suppress someone digging too far into cognitive psience?
And yet, Akira must still bury that fear even deeper. He can't kill it off, no matter how much he's tried, but he must bury it even further. Because too much of him wants to believe. In himself, in Maruki, in the bond that they've formed together here in this world... He can no longer imagine any reality where they weren't meant to meet. So even if Akira is afraid...]
I should be saying that to you, you know. The day that I met you, that the other me met you... I'm sure the way you saw him shocked him as much as it did me when I realized how easily you can see past the masks I put up.
But I will. There are so many people in Tokyo, and yet I somehow landed in the one place that would bring me close to the people I would grow to love. No matter how low the odds may seem, an improbability doesn't mean it's impossible.
I'll find you. Even if I don't remember. Even if takes a long time. Wherever you may be, I'll find you. I swear it.
[I'll find you again. No matter what.
Even if the only thing left for me is to weep over your grave, without even knowing why... I'll find you.]