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[keppeki]

I have a favor to ask.

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[ Well, that's a tad surprising. Chisaki didn't strike him as the type. ]

I may be able to oblige, depending on the favor.

[keppeki]

It's a simple one. I'm meeting someone from my world who's potentially dangerous. I shouldn't have an issue handling him if he gets violent. But I'd like someone there to help encourage good behavior.

You'll get an up-close look at my Quirk.

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[ To encourage good behaviour, to back him up if accusations fly about who instigated it - and he knows Dokja can defend himself.

The admittance he has a Quirk when he dislikes them is already intriguing; getting to see it is another thing he didn't expect. ]

I can help with that, and we'll call it even besides.

[ No point beating around the bush trying to get Chisaki to owe him a favor - he knows what's being revealed is enough. ]

May I ask who it is?

[keppeki]

[ The yakuza in Chisaki insists he not look a gift horse in the mouth. The strategist, however, realizes Dokja might feel short-changed if Chisaki chooses to go public about his Quirk. He'd hate to lose a potential ally. ]

That's generous. But let me show my gratitude. If you need healing in the future, call me.

[ A clue as to what he can do. ]

Shigaraki Tomura. A business associate.

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I'll keep that in mind, then.

[ His quirk is healing based, then? He wonders how it compares to the blue potion. Dokja knows that people with said potion generally can't heal themselves, though. ]

I'm not familiar with them personally, but I've heard the name once or twice.

[ He doesn't have much to offer beyond that, except that now he knows he's potentially dangerous to Chisaki. ]

When do you plan to meet?

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[ Chisaki gives the date and time. ]

At The Wandering Boar in Stellari, assuming he doesn't throw a fit. [ Which says volumes of what Chisaki thinks of Shigaraki's temperament. ] You and I can meet at the tailor on the opposite corner, then go from there.

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I'll make sure I'm free then, and meet you there.

Oh, and Chisaki? Two people from my world have arrived. You shouldn't have problems with one; her name is Han Suyeong.

The other, Yu Junghyeok, isn't fond of me currently, so I would keep the fact you're familiar with me to yourself if you don't want trouble from him.

[keppeki]

Thanks for the heads up.

I met Yu Junghyeok briefly during that scavenger hunt. If I see him again, I'll keep your name to myself.

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[omnipotentwriter]

open yr door

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Why

[ he's more suspicious that she texted to ask. ]

[omnipotentwriter]

cuz in five secodns i'll be at it and then i'll have to knock so save me that effort

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All right.

[ Still suspicious but not enough to deny her entry, he unlocks the door. He has a feeling he knows what this is about, after all. ]

[omnipotentwriter]

Kim Dokja!

[With a terrifyingly bright and sunny smile, Suyeong practically tramples him to get inside, slinging one arm over his shoulder in what would be a friendly and warm gesture for most people.]

Been talking to Junghyeok, got a question for you! How'd you convince him to stop regressing?

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[ Considering Suyeong only does this when she wants to kick his ass, Dokja refuses to lean down to make the arm around his shoulder any easier to drag him down with.

She's still not a Constellation yet and he's taking every advantage he can. Though his expression turns wry when she asks him that question. ]

I told him to live and not abandon his companions in the third round.

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[Never mind her dignity, she's practically going to hang on him if need be. This makes it difficult to steer him anywhere, though, so he can probably ignore her efforts to shift her weight further inwards.]

Yeah, and when that didn't work because he's a stubborn bastard?

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That things wouldn't get better if he kept repeating the cycle.

[ Girl why are you hanging on him like a monkey. ]

Get off me, Suyeong -

WAVES HANDS VAGUELY HOPEFULLY THIS WORKS

[beastlings]

[ ... it's weird, living in one place. Not constantly moving around for safety or necessity or both. The apartment, though it's small and cramped (especially with Suyeong unnie in the same space), doesn't bother her. If anything, she's quietly ecstatic that she gets to live with him at all.

It means she can keep an eye on him. It means she can wake up seeing him. It means he's safe.

Until it doesn't.

She hovers when Dokja first falls asleep, anxiously refusing to leave his side until Suyeong finally manages to shoo her away. Without any oversight whatsoever (and why would she need it?), she spends the time exploring the city, but rather aimlessly.

Yoosung hates, hates, not being able to do anything to help. It makes her restless. (She ends up covering a lot of ground...)

Once he's awake—well, really, once Suyeong lets her—she returns as if directly summoned. Fizzing with agitation she keeps under her skin, because this isn't about her. ]

... ahjussi?

[ Is ... he okay?

What happened? ]

watch as i try to not spoil u

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[ When Yoosung is allowed to see him again, he's not sleeping. He's already redressed himself into his regular clothes, sitting on the edge of the bed. He looks up when she enters and smiles reassuringly.

... It's probably not a familiar smile. He also holds himself differently; there's an underlying anxiety he's been carrying that seems to be missing now, some weight lifted from his shoulders. His eyes are as bright and starry as ever. ]

Shin Yoosung.

[ He offers both hands out to her - an offer for a hug. ]

Come here. It's been ages since I've seen you.

[ She's younger than he remembers; it takes a moment for his memories to remind him that she was from the same scenario he had been when he was here. ]

laughs at ur pain GLHF :')

[beastlings]

[ Oh.

That ... smile.

Yoosung actually pauses, rather than flying immediately into his arms.

It's not that he looks different or anything. Even his eyes are the same as always. But... something about him...

She suddenly, with desperate, anxious, ashamed chagrin, misses their connection with all of her heart.

If she could sense him... if she could feel the ghost of what he feels...

... then again, would even that be enough?

She has this haunting feeling like she's looking at someone else entirely.

A tentative step forward, and then another.

And then she throws herself into his arms, clinging as hard as he'll let her, eyes slipping shut. ]

How long's ages? [ Her voice is soft; it's an idle question, one she expects him to evade or lie to. She doesn't mind. ]

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[ She clings tightly to him, a familiar action. Even when she's older, she'll always hold him the same, and that's reassuring. ]

It'd be hard to explain. A very long time nonetheless.

[ He isn't lying, this time. It'd be hard to chart how the time passed while he was away, or if it had ever passed at all, given his perception. He squeezes her gently.

He knows she's not the same person she saw before. The same way he wasn't Han Suyeong's Dokja until he'd reached the same point in time as her. Damn that author for being right about experiencing something not being the same as knowing. ]

I'm sorry about this

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[ she pulls away just enough to look at him.

with the impetuousness only a child can possess, she wriggles free just so she can sit beside him instead, leaning into him with her arms wrapped around his middle. ]

Did you ever find it, ahjussi?

The ending you were looking for.

yells at you this is the one not-spoiler you get

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[ He looks down at her for a minute before he does something that might seem a little strange: he smiles again. This time. there's the glitter of tears in the corner of his eyes, but he desperately doesn't acknowledge them. ]

I did.

[ His voice is gentle, and he reaches out to brush a hand through her hair. ]

And afterwards, we ate pizza and Cola by the Han River, just like we promised.

i lied im not at all sorry

[beastlings]

[ ...

she holds him a little tighter, anxious for reasons she doesn't want to think about. ]

You promise? You really, really mean it?

knew it

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I really mean it, Yoosung.

[ He's not even technically lying! ]

It'll take us a while, of course. You'll be older, but there will be a happy ending.