[ The dog can't do any more damage than Mafuyu herself can, so he's coming along too, squeezing past Mafuyu's legs when she opens up the passenger side door and her climbing in after him, drawing her legs up to her chest so she can perch awkwardly in the seat while the dog gets her leg space. ]
I'm ready, I'm ready! Where do you wanna go? There's the food court at the mall, and I think the pier has some too!
[ The dog barks loudly over whatever Mafuyu's trying to say, and she has to shout ] PIER IS GOOD!! [ over the din just to be heard; competing with her dog might be why shy's so loud in the first place. Also her fearlessness in her taking her hands to clamp over her dog's muzzle so he can shut up for a second. ]
Who were you calling when you tried to call me? Kaz?
[ majimas quiet for a long moment. "focusing on driving" as adults do. ultimately, he decides not to treat her like a child but to voice his actually feelings: ]
He was like my brother, but he wasn't my brother. His name was Saejima.
[ he says it like he's still getting used to the sound. sa-e-ji-ma. ]
In my memories, sometimes... people would make these promises to each other. Really big promises, like, "I promise to be with you until we die." "I promise to always take care of you." And someone you made that promise to, they were your kyoudai. Saejima was mine.
Huh... Sounds like something you'd say to Kaz. Or me and Chiyo and Yaboku.
[ Like family, right? She understands that sort of connection, although more in an "I would kill for you" sort of way than just passively being there for one another. ]
[ majima nods. it's definitely like Family. the word just meant sibling. brother. but it was more than that, too. he's pretty sure the bonds in the yakuza were unbreakable ]
Yeah, I guess it is like somethin' I'd say ta Kiryu-chan.
[ She tries her best to imagine somebody like Kiryu, but twice as tall and three times as wide, cats on his back. It makes for a somewhat ridiculous image, but she nods to herself anyways, until- ]
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I'm ready, I'm ready! Where do you wanna go? There's the food court at the mall, and I think the pier has some too!
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[although... ]
Pier might be better if the dog is coming, too.
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Who were you calling when you tried to call me? Kaz?
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Ah, no. I was tryin' ta call my brother. The one in jail.
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I want to talk to him too! What's his number? I'll put him on speaker!
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[ Is that how a phone operator works, she doesn't know ]
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...Okay. Can we still go visit him later? I bet the police could take us right there without Retrospec getting in the way.
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I remembered someone.
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Who?
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[ he says it like he's still getting used to the sound. sa-e-ji-ma. ]
In my memories, sometimes... people would make these promises to each other. Really big promises, like, "I promise to be with you until we die." "I promise to always take care of you." And someone you made that promise to, they were your kyoudai. Saejima was mine.
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[ Like family, right? She understands that sort of connection, although more in an "I would kill for you" sort of way than just passively being there for one another. ]
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Yeah, I guess it is like somethin' I'd say ta Kiryu-chan.
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He's bigger than Kiryu-chan. He's build like a mountain - an' he's got a tiger, instead of a dragon.
[ but her second question, he shakes his head ]
Nah, me and Kiryu-chan met later, I guess. Saejima was in jail, too.
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How come all your bros are in jail?
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[ he says it so mechanically, so matter of fact. The sky is blue. The grass is green. He hurts the people he loves. ]
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[ And this time too? She's so sure if he tells her what happened, she can find a crack in it, that there's no way that Majima could be at fault. ]
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