[ oh thank god, I was imagining a sbahj tattoo but that's an alpha kid thing
Minato might've said something about the ocean waves, as that's how he'd initially interpreted the symbol, if he hadn't see John in his pajamas in a memory before. So instead, it makes him smile, faint and fond. ]
...I'm glad for you, you know. That of all the souls to come here from your world, it included you and John.
[ It'd probably take Dave a little longer to be happier, but this isn't something Minato says out loud, wondering whether he could have helped more if he'd put in a little more effort. In no way could he ever be a replacement for John, but— well. There's no reason to think along those lines; relationships are unique, and there's no recreating them, even with the same two people in different circumstances. ]
He's a good friend to me too. ...I'm kind of surprised, actually. Didn't think I'd make any friends when I first moved here, 'cause there's no point if I'm not staying. But now I have people who would eat ice cream with me at three in the morning.
Go wild. I'm content with the ice cream, so the rest of the day's yours- whatever you want us to do.
[ It's free rein, but it's time Minato would've just wasted away asleep anyways- slow shuffles across the sidewalk, a yawn stifled in his shoulder since his hands are too busy being trapped in his pockets to stifle them. ]
...do you still not really sleep?
[ Overall, he means. Not like Minato's 14 hours scattered throughout the day. ]
[ Minato nods; he gets that. There's usually a clarity- emptiness- in his mind as he goes about his day, but the times he can't sleep well are when the fog churns and turns into a storm, and he almost always needs to talk to somebody to clear his thoughts again. ]
It was stupid. I mean - he apologized, a lot, and also I'm not sure he was at fault? So I feel - felt? - feel bad about it. But like - you know how Saturdays and Tuesday evenings, I'm always busy with him?
[ Go on, he means, because this isn't really... his area of expertise to give advice about anything, Dave knows this.
But the two nights are ones he knows not to take of Dave's time, assuming they're hanging out and everything, though it never really crossed his mind that John and Dave still argue over things- like how they used to be before, Minato vaguely recalls John mentioning once, about how they weren't always best friends. They used to be strangers. That's really hard to wrap his head around now. ]
He like, was plannin' to do the whole...Saturday thing for the coalition at first, without like talking to me about it first, and just assumed I'd want to go to that. It just kind of like. Made me upset, you know?
[ it's such a normal couple problem, isn't minato blessed. ]
I mean, yeah. He switched the dates. I just got...I don't know, I'm frustrated about other things, you know? Like. If...uh, stupid worries about if he wants. Me. That maybe aren't valid?
[ Minato's so concerned about how much stuff they'll have to wade through before getting to Bro... ]
At least you recognize it's stupid. [ He says it softly, but still firmly- because it is stupid, but it's also good to have that awareness. Clover didn't when Minato and her first started dating, but while she still likes the reassurance, she needs less of it now. ]
Don't... tell Clover this, but... [ as if she has ears everywhere, he steps a little closer to Dave, lowering his voice. ] I know I cause a lot of trouble for her and I'm slow at fixing those things, but it's probably... an unconscious desire to have that conflict. Being able to work past them together, that sort of thing I think is good for any relationship between two people. I don't really believe in the whole "sunshine and rainbows" anyways, you know.
[ Minato struggles with conflict too, having seen a lot of it in both his lives and his default has always been to let things go, assume responsibility and accept and concede, regardless of whether he should. Joke his way out of it. Avoid, avoid. ]
That, and I like learning about people. People I get along with, I learn about bit by bit. But people I don't, they tell me their beliefs, and it feels a little more honest.
[ It sure is abrupt, but Minato has an answer ready for that too. ]
Losing my parents. ...probably.
[ Something that happened so long ago, but something he'd never gotten over- he'd set the issue aside and ignored it, pretend it doesn't matter to him, when instead the pain of loss had just grown alongside him and affected his entire life since. It's not the worst pain he'd experienced, and it had happened when he was very young and impressionable, but that's why it's the worst. ]
[ Losing his parents, probably, and for the same reasons of coloring the rest of his life, but the two lives overlap too much for him to know anything more than the handful of brief snapshots that barely make up a year of memories for him. ]
Probably... watching a friend die in front of me. Knowing that I might've been able to save him if I were just faster, or stronger, or... better.
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Minato might've said something about the ocean waves, as that's how he'd initially interpreted the symbol, if he hadn't see John in his pajamas in a memory before. So instead, it makes him smile, faint and fond. ]
...I'm glad for you, you know. That of all the souls to come here from your world, it included you and John.
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...Yeah, me too. I kinda don't know what the fuck I'd be doing with myself without him.
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He's a good friend to me too. ...I'm kind of surprised, actually. Didn't think I'd make any friends when I first moved here, 'cause there's no point if I'm not staying. But now I have people who would eat ice cream with me at three in the morning.
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[ maybe. a lot of the reason he wanted to tell minato about bro was minato's car crash revelation, but he still trusts minato a lot anyway... ]
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[ It's free rein, but it's time Minato would've just wasted away asleep anyways- slow shuffles across the sidewalk, a yawn stifled in his shoulder since his hands are too busy being trapped in his pockets to stifle them. ]
...do you still not really sleep?
[ Overall, he means. Not like Minato's 14 hours scattered throughout the day. ]
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[ a small shrug. ]
John and I got into it on the first and things have been a little weirdish.
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"Weirdish," huh... Want to talk about it?
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[ date night and best friend hangouts. ]
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[ Go on, he means, because this isn't really... his area of expertise to give advice about anything, Dave knows this.
But the two nights are ones he knows not to take of Dave's time, assuming they're hanging out and everything, though it never really crossed his mind that John and Dave still argue over things- like how they used to be before, Minato vaguely recalls John mentioning once, about how they weren't always best friends. They used to be strangers. That's really hard to wrap his head around now. ]
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[ it's such a normal couple problem, isn't minato blessed. ]
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Minato, to his credit, maintains his neutrality with a solemn nod. ]
He's asking you to sacrifice a lot for the benefit of the city. I can understand why he chose a weekend, but... there's always Sunday, right?
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[ he's. leading up to bro stuff.
slowly.
maybe. ]
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At least you recognize it's stupid. [ He says it softly, but still firmly- because it is stupid, but it's also good to have that awareness. Clover didn't when Minato and her first started dating, but while she still likes the reassurance, she needs less of it now. ]
Don't... tell Clover this, but... [ as if she has ears everywhere, he steps a little closer to Dave, lowering his voice. ] I know I cause a lot of trouble for her and I'm slow at fixing those things, but it's probably... an unconscious desire to have that conflict. Being able to work past them together, that sort of thing I think is good for any relationship between two people. I don't really believe in the whole "sunshine and rainbows" anyways, you know.
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anyway. dave's lips quirk up a little. ]
...Yeah, I mean. I don't really like conflict for...reasons. But I like when we make up? Is that the part you like, too?
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That, and I like learning about people. People I get along with, I learn about bit by bit. But people I don't, they tell me their beliefs, and it feels a little more honest.
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[ that's a little abrupt... ]
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Losing my parents. ...probably.
[ Something that happened so long ago, but something he'd never gotten over- he'd set the issue aside and ignored it, pretend it doesn't matter to him, when instead the pain of loss had just grown alongside him and affected his entire life since. It's not the worst pain he'd experienced, and it had happened when he was very young and impressionable, but that's why it's the worst. ]
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What about in the other life?
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Probably... watching a friend die in front of me. Knowing that I might've been able to save him if I were just faster, or stronger, or... better.
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Yeah? What would you say your worst is?
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[ which, for all he knows of Dave's family in this life, he has too and it never occurred to Minato that it'd be different in another universe. ]
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